Implementation of Reasonable Work Leave
Category: Regulation - Area: Labour Rights
Acknowledging the importance of workers throughout the universes and the success of worker-related resolutions in the past,
Assessing the situation and understanding that while we have made great progress on the area of workers’ rights, there is still more to be done,
Furthermore, while this Assembly has done a great deal of work in relation to contagious disease, workers are often neglected when discussing health,
Recognizing that in some instances, workers who have contracted an infectious disease will return to their workplace, due to financial needs and societal expectations,
Also supporting workers in their life experiences, such as the arrival of offspring or death of family members and believing workers should be allowed to celebrate, grieve, and grow closer to others,
Hereby,
Defines “reasonable work leave”, for the purposes of this resolution, as a specified time period that an individual is not required to fulfill their work responsibilities in any capacity while receiving compensation equal to their expected wage during this time period,
Establishes four types of reasonable work leave,1. Sick Leave - a worker is permitted one-eighth of a calendar year or local equivalent of reasonable work leave in the event they are demonstrating symptoms of sickness, they are at risk of spreading a contagious disease, they are suffering from a chronic illness, or are seeking treatment for a sickness or disease,
2. Bereavement - a worker is permitted one-twenty-sixth of a calendar year or local equivalent of reasonable work leave in the event a significant-other, parent, child, or sibling passes away, and may repeat this in the event of additional fatalities,
3. Parental Leave - a worker is permitted a full calendar year or local equivalent of reasonable work leave in the event they or their significant other produces offspring,
4. Personal Leave - a worker is permitted one-thirteenth of a calendar year or local equivalent of reasonable work leave for any reason,
Allows governments to determine who the burden of payment of wages falls on for salaried and hourly workers, as well as commission-based employment,
Necessitates commision-based employees receive compensation equal to their average wages since the beginning of the calendar year or local equivalent, or since they began working for their current employer, whichever is most recent,
Mandates that either governments or businesses, or a combination or both, must pay the wages of salaried, hourly, and commission-based employees, as determined by national legislation,
Requires governments to fulfill the requirements of this resolution for freelance workers, artists, self-employed, and other types of employment in which a worker is not salaried or hourly,
Further allows governments to allow higher amounts of reasonable work leave in the categories listed, as well as establish other forms of reasonable work leave as they deem necessary,
Forbids employers, including government agencies, from retaliating against workers for use of reasonable work leave.