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[Geilinor]

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[Geilinor]

Oh dear.

[Ainin]

Don't put spoilers in quotes, forum hates it.

[Geilinor]

Post deleted and here's the bill with New Zepuha's sponsorship added:

Aurentine Pension Plan Act

Category: Domestic Development Urgency: Moderate Author: Geilinor (LD)
Co-Sponsors:

New Zepuha(I), Ainin(TR)
ACKNOWLEDGING that retirees may have difficulty paying for all of their expenses and require some government assistance to replace their income.

UNDERSTANDING that the Universal Credit Act, passed by the Senate of Aurentina, provided a basic level of income for all, but it alone may not be effective in meeting the needs of pensioners. A contributory pension with payments proportional to pre-retirement income can help supplement a retiree's income and prevent vulnerabilities of the elderly that the Universal Credit may not be able to fully solve.

HEREBY ENACTS the following:

Definitions

"Retiree" is defined as a person who is over the retirement age and has withdrawed from the workforce.

"Retirement age" is defined as the age at which a person may begin to collect pension payments.

"Average pre-retirement income " is defined as the mean net income in the 40 years prior to retirement.

Provisions

The retirement age shall be set at 65. From 2014 to 2024 the retirement age will be increased by two months per year reaching 67 in 2024.

The pension shall pay 70% of average pre-retirement income, up to a maximum payment of £20,000 a year. The minimum payment shall be £10,000 a year.

A retiree must have worked for at least 10 years in order to qualify for pension payments.

Pension entitlement may be revoked if a recipient is found to have purchased illegal items with the provided money.

The pension program shall be funded through payroll taxes established in the national budget.

[Ainin]

Oh, I forgot to tell you boxes hate spoilers too...

[Geilinor]

Oh, I forgot to tell you boxes hate spoilers too...

The forum's happy now. Would you be interested in sponsoring my bill?

[Ainin]

Oh, I forgot to tell you boxes hate spoilers too... :blush:

The forum's happy now. :p Would you be interested in sponsoring my bill?

Sure.

[Geilinor]

Aurentine Pension Plan Act

Category: Domestic Development Urgency: Moderate Author: Geilinor (LD)
Co-Sponsors:

New Zepuha(I), Ainin(TR)
ACKNOWLEDGING that retirees may have difficulty paying for all of their expenses and require some government assistance to replace their income.

UNDERSTANDING that the Universal Credit Act, passed by the Senate of Aurentina, provided a basic level of income for all, but it alone may not be effective in meeting the needs of pensioners. A contributory pension with payments proportional to pre-retirement income can help supplement a retiree's income and prevent vulnerabilities of the elderly that the Universal Credit may not be able to fully solve.

HEREBY ENACTS the following:

Definitions

"Retiree" is defined as a person who is over the retirement age and has withdrawed from the workforce.

"Retirement age" is defined as the age at which a person may begin to collect pension payments.

"Average pre-retirement income " is defined as the mean net income in the 40 years prior to retirement.

Section 1-Retirement Age

1. The retirement age shall be set at 65.

2. From 2014 to 2024 the retirement age will be increased by two months per year reaching 67 in 2024.

Section 2-Pension Amount

1. The pension shall pay 70% of average pre-retirement income, up to a maximum payment of £20,000 a year. The minimum payment shall be £10,000 a year.

Section 3-Conditions to Qualify

1. A retiree must have worked for at least 10 years in order to qualify for pension payments.

2. Self-employed workers may draw upon the pension if they voluntarily choose to pay payroll taxes.

3. Pension entitlement may be revoked if a recipient is found to have purchased illegal items with the provided money.

Section 4-Department of Pensions
1. The Department of Pensions is hereby established as a department of the Ministry of Work.
2. The Department of Pensions shall be responsible for the management of pensions, including registration of beneficiaries and payment of benefits.
Section 5-Funding

The pension program shall be funded through payroll taxes established in the national budget.

[New Zepuha]

Would you gentlemen like to help campaign for my bill?

[Geilinor]

A greatly expanded Parental Leave Act.

Parental Leave Act(PLA)
Urgency: High | Author: Geilinor [LD] | Category: Business and Finance
Co-sponsors: Britanno(LD), Ainin(TR), Seitonjin(NLP), Malgrave(USLP), Beta Test(LD), Wolfmanne(LD)

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Preamble
Parents must be able to take time off from work after the birth of a child to care for it and to build stronger emotional bonds. It is also important for mothers to be able to rest while pregnant. Raising a child is expensive and a paid parental leave system can help offset some of these costs and replace income during leave.

Definitions
1. "Parent" shall be defined as a birth parent, an adoptive parent (whether or not the adoption has been legally finalized or a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent of the child and who plans on treating the child as his or her own.
2. "Parental leave" shall be defined as an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare.

Section 1-Applying for leave
1. Employees shall provide 45 days notice prior to taking parental leave.
2. Employers shall notify the Ministry of Work when employees express a desire to take parental leave.

Section 2-Duration and Payment
1. The earliest a parental leave can begin is 17 weeks before the employee's due date.
2. When an employee has a live birth more than 17 weeks before the due date, she will be able to begin her pregnancy leave on the date of the birth.
2. Parental leave shall be available to both parents, who may divide up leave as they wish. The parental leave can be taken by either of the parents or by both at the same time.
3. 40 weeks of parental leave shall be provided in total, paid at 100% of prior gross income, up to a limit of £20,000.

Section 3-Stillbirths and Miscarriages
1. The pregnancy leave of an employee who has a miscarriage or stillbirth ends on the date that is the later of:
a. 17 weeks after the leave began
or
b. 6 weeks after the stillbirth or miscarriage.

Section 4-Right to Reinstatement
1. An employee who takes a parental leave is entitled to the same job the employee had before the leave began or a comparable job, if the employee's old job no longer exists.
2. An contracted employee whose contract has expired shall not be entitled to reinstatement.

Section 5-Right to Continue on Employee Benefits
1. Employees on pregnancy or parental leave have a right to continue to take part in certain benefit plans that their employer may offer, including pension plans, life insurance plans, accidental death plans, extended health plans, and dental plans.
2. The employer must continue to pay its share of the premiums for any of these plans that were offered before the leave, unless the employee tells the employer in writing that he or she will not continue to pay his or her own share of the premiums.
3. If employee premiums for such benefits are present, employees must continue to pay their share of the premiums in order to continue to participate in these plans.

Section 6-Budget
1. The provisions of this bill shall be funded from the Ministry of Work's budget.

Time reduced to 40 weeks as a compromise with the opposition.

[Maklohi Vai]

A greatly expanded Parental Leave Act.

Parental Leave Act(PLA)
Urgency: High | Author: Geilinor [LD] | Category: Business and Finance
Co-sponsors: Britanno(LD), Ainin(TR), Seitonjin(NLP), Malgrave(USLP), Beta Test(LD), Wolfmanne(LD)

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Preamble
Parents must be able to take time off from work after the birth of a child to care for it and to build stronger emotional bonds. It is also important for mothers to be able to rest while pregnant. Raising a child is expensive and a paid parental leave system can help offset some of these costs and replace income during leave.

Definitions
1. "Parent" shall be defined as a birth parent, an adoptive parent (whether or not the adoption has been legally finalized or a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent of the child and who plans on treating the child as his or her own.
2. "Parental leave" shall be defined as an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare.

Section 1-Applying for leave
1. Employees shall provide 45 days notice prior to taking parental leave.
2. Employers shall notify the Ministry of Work when employees express a desire to take parental leave.

Section 2-Duration and Payment
1. The earliest a parental leave can begin is 17 weeks before the employee's due date.
2. When an employee has a live birth more than 17 weeks before the due date, she will be able to begin her pregnancy leave on the date of the birth.
2. Parental leave shall be available to both parents, who may divide up leave as they wish. The parental leave can be taken by either of the parents or by both at the same time.
3. 40 weeks of parental leave shall be provided in total, paid at 100% of prior gross income, up to a limit of £20,000.

Section 3-Stillbirths and Miscarriages
1. The pregnancy leave of an employee who has a miscarriage or stillbirth ends on the date that is the later of:
a. 17 weeks after the leave began
or
b. 6 weeks after the stillbirth or miscarriage.

Section 4-Right to Reinstatement
1. An employee who takes a parental leave is entitled to the same job the employee had before the leave began or a comparable job, if the employee's old job no longer exists.
2. An contracted employee whose contract has expired shall not be entitled to reinstatement.

Section 5-Right to Continue on Employee Benefits
1. Employees on pregnancy or parental leave have a right to continue to take part in certain benefit plans that their employer may offer, including pension plans, life insurance plans, accidental death plans, extended health plans, and dental plans.
2. The employer must continue to pay its share of the premiums for any of these plans that were offered before the leave, unless the employee tells the employer in writing that he or she will not continue to pay his or her own share of the premiums.
3. If employee premiums for such benefits are present, employees must continue to pay their share of the premiums in order to continue to participate in these plans.

Section 6-Budget
1. The provisions of this bill shall be funded from the Ministry of Work's budget.

Time reduced to 40 weeks as a compromise with the opposition.

I will sponsor. Also, Malgrave is MSP now.

[Yanalia]

A greatly expanded Parental Leave Act.

Parental Leave Act(PLA)
Urgency: High | Author: Geilinor [LD] | Category: Business and Finance
Co-sponsors: Britanno(LD), Ainin(TR), Seitonjin(NLP), Malgrave(USLP), Beta Test(LD), Wolfmanne(LD)

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Preamble
Parents must be able to take time off from work after the birth of a child to care for it and to build stronger emotional bonds. It is also important for mothers to be able to rest while pregnant. Raising a child is expensive and a paid parental leave system can help offset some of these costs and replace income during leave.

Definitions
1. "Parent" shall be defined as a birth parent, an adoptive parent (whether or not the adoption has been legally finalized or a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent of the child and who plans on treating the child as his or her own.
2. "Parental leave" shall be defined as an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare.

Section 1-Applying for leave
1. Employees shall provide 45 days notice prior to taking parental leave.
2. Employers shall notify the Ministry of Work when employees express a desire to take parental leave.

Section 2-Duration and Payment
1. The earliest a parental leave can begin is 17 weeks before the employee's due date.
2. When an employee has a live birth more than 17 weeks before the due date, she will be able to begin her pregnancy leave on the date of the birth.
2. Parental leave shall be available to both parents, who may divide up leave as they wish. The parental leave can be taken by either of the parents or by both at the same time.
3. 40 weeks of parental leave shall be provided in total, paid at 100% of prior gross income, up to a limit of £20,000.

Section 3-Stillbirths and Miscarriages
1. The pregnancy leave of an employee who has a miscarriage or stillbirth ends on the date that is the later of:
a. 17 weeks after the leave began
or
b. 6 weeks after the stillbirth or miscarriage.

Section 4-Right to Reinstatement
1. An employee who takes a parental leave is entitled to the same job the employee had before the leave began or a comparable job, if the employee's old job no longer exists.
2. An contracted employee whose contract has expired shall not be entitled to reinstatement.

Section 5-Right to Continue on Employee Benefits
1. Employees on pregnancy or parental leave have a right to continue to take part in certain benefit plans that their employer may offer, including pension plans, life insurance plans, accidental death plans, extended health plans, and dental plans.
2. The employer must continue to pay its share of the premiums for any of these plans that were offered before the leave, unless the employee tells the employer in writing that he or she will not continue to pay his or her own share of the premiums.
3. If employee premiums for such benefits are present, employees must continue to pay their share of the premiums in order to continue to participate in these plans.

Section 6-Budget
1. The provisions of this bill shall be funded from the Ministry of Work's budget.

Time reduced to 40 weeks as a compromise with the opposition.

I would like it back at 52 weeks.

[Seitonjin]

A greatly expanded Parental Leave Act.

Parental Leave Act(PLA)
Urgency: High | Author: Geilinor [LD] | Category: Business and Finance
Co-sponsors: Britanno(LD), Ainin(TR), Seitonjin(NLP), Malgrave(USLP), Beta Test(LD), Wolfmanne(LD)

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Preamble
Parents must be able to take time off from work after the birth of a child to care for it and to build stronger emotional bonds. It is also important for mothers to be able to rest while pregnant. Raising a child is expensive and a paid parental leave system can help offset some of these costs and replace income during leave.

Definitions
1. "Parent" shall be defined as a birth parent, an adoptive parent (whether or not the adoption has been legally finalized or a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent of the child and who plans on treating the child as his or her own.
2. "Parental leave" shall be defined as an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare.

Section 1-Applying for leave
1. Employees shall provide 45 days notice prior to taking parental leave.
2. Employers shall notify the Ministry of Work when employees express a desire to take parental leave.

Section 2-Duration and Payment
1. The earliest a parental leave can begin is 17 weeks before the employee's due date.
2. When an employee has a live birth more than 17 weeks before the due date, she will be able to begin her pregnancy leave on the date of the birth.
2. Parental leave shall be available to both parents, who may divide up leave as they wish. The parental leave can be taken by either of the parents or by both at the same time.
3. 40 weeks of parental leave shall be provided in total, paid at 100% of prior gross income, up to a limit of £20,000.

Section 3-Stillbirths and Miscarriages
1. The pregnancy leave of an employee who has a miscarriage or stillbirth ends on the date that is the later of:
a. 17 weeks after the leave began
or
b. 6 weeks after the stillbirth or miscarriage.

Section 4-Right to Reinstatement
1. An employee who takes a parental leave is entitled to the same job the employee had before the leave began or a comparable job, if the employee's old job no longer exists.
2. An contracted employee whose contract has expired shall not be entitled to reinstatement.

Section 5-Right to Continue on Employee Benefits
1. Employees on pregnancy or parental leave have a right to continue to take part in certain benefit plans that their employer may offer, including pension plans, life insurance plans, accidental death plans, extended health plans, and dental plans.
2. The employer must continue to pay its share of the premiums for any of these plans that were offered before the leave, unless the employee tells the employer in writing that he or she will not continue to pay his or her own share of the premiums.
3. If employee premiums for such benefits are present, employees must continue to pay their share of the premiums in order to continue to participate in these plans.

Section 6-Budget
1. The provisions of this bill shall be funded from the Ministry of Work's budget.

Time reduced to 40 weeks as a compromise with the opposition.

I would like it back at 52 weeks.

45-46 weeks is a better compromise I say.

[Yanalia]

Also, what of unpaid leave? Could we have some of it as well?

[Geilinor]

I would like it back at 52 weeks.

45-46 weeks is a better compromise I say.

Parental Leave Act(PLA)
Urgency: High | Author: Geilinor [LD] | Category: Business and Finance
Co-sponsors: Britanno(LD), Ainin(TR), Seitonjin(NLP), Malgrave(USLP), Beta Test(LD), Wolfmanne(LD), Maklohi Vai(LD)

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Preamble
Parents must be able to take time off from work after the birth of a child to care for it and to build stronger emotional bonds. It is also important for mothers to be able to rest while pregnant. Raising a child is expensive and a paid parental leave system can help offset some of these costs and replace income during leave.

Definitions
1. "Parent" shall be defined as a birth parent, an adoptive parent (whether or not the adoption has been legally finalized or a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent of the child and who plans on treating the child as his or her own.
2. "Parental leave" shall be defined as an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare.

Section 1-Applying for leave
1. Employees shall provide 45 days notice prior to taking parental leave.
2. Employers shall notify the Ministry of Work when employees express a desire to take parental leave.

Section 2-Duration and Payment
1. The earliest a parental leave can begin is 17 weeks before the employee's due date.
2. When an employee has a live birth more than 17 weeks before the due date, parental leave can begin on the date of the birth.
3. Parental leave shall be available to both parents, who may divide up leave as they wish. The parental leave can be taken by either of the parents or by both at the same time.
4. 46 weeks of parental leave shall be provided in total, paid at 100% of prior gross income, up to a limit of £20,000.

Section 3-Stillbirths and Miscarriages
1. The pregnancy leave of an employee who has a miscarriage or stillbirth ends on the date that is the later of:
a. 17 weeks after the leave began
or
b. 6 weeks after the stillbirth or miscarriage.

Section 4-Right to Reinstatement
1. An employee who takes a parental leave is entitled to the same job the employee had before the leave began or a comparable job, if the employee's old job no longer exists.
2. An contracted employee whose contract has expired shall not be entitled to reinstatement.

Section 5-Right to Continue on Employee Benefits
1. Employees on pregnancy or parental leave have a right to continue to take part in certain benefit plans that their employer may offer, including pension plans, life insurance plans, accidental death plans, extended health plans, and dental plans.
2. The employer must continue to pay its share of the premiums for any of these plans that were offered before the leave, unless the employee tells the employer in writing that he or she will not continue to pay his or her own share of the premiums.
3. If employee premiums for such benefits are present, employees must continue to pay their share of the premiums in order to continue to participate in these plans.

Section 6-Budget
1. The provisions of this bill shall be funded from the Ministry of Work's budget.

46 weeks then, and Maklohi Vai's sponsorship is added.

[Yanalia]

Also, what of unpaid leave? Could we have some of it as well?

Thought you might have missed this, since you posted right after.

[Geilinor]

Also, what of unpaid leave? Could we have some of it as well?

Thought you might have missed this, since you posted right after.

How much of unpaid leave?

[Yanalia]

Thought you might have missed this, since you posted right after.

How much of unpaid leave?

Well, based on some of these European countries, I'd say about 2-3 years shared. Germany says "until the child is 3," so we could do something like that as well.

[Geilinor]

How much of unpaid leave?

Well, based on some of these European countries, I'd say about 2-3 years shared. Germany says "until the child is 3," so we could do something like that as well.

It's the same with Finland, France, Estonia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, etc. Europe is very generous with this stuff.

[Yanalia]

Well, based on some of these European countries, I'd say about 2-3 years shared. Germany says "until the child is 3," so we could do something like that as well.

It's the same with Finland, France, Estonia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, etc. Europe is very generous with this stuff.

Yeah, I know. So, can we do 3 years shared?

[Geilinor]

It's the same with Finland, France, Estonia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, etc. Europe is very generous with this stuff.

Yeah, I know. So, can we do 3 years shared?

I'll wait and see if there's more support for it.

[Maklohi Vai]

Yeah, I know. So, can we do 3 years shared?

I'll wait and see if there's more support for it.

I like 3 years shared.

[Belmaria]

Yeah, I know. So, can we do 3 years shared?

I'll wait and see if there's more support for it.

I'll sponsor

[Geilinor]

I'll wait and see if there's more support for it.

I'll sponsor

Added, but are you going to be okay with 3 years unpaid leave, shared? Maklohi Vai and Yanalia are supporting it, so it's going in the bill.

[Belmaria]

I'll sponsor

Added, but are you going to be okay with 3 years unpaid leave, shared?

Oh dear... is that in there? If so then no.