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Alexander Smith, Tinhamptonian Delegate-Ambassador to the World Assembly: The Tinhamptonian Delegation, once supportive of the Paid Leave Act, has gradually come to see its provisions as concerning. I would very much like to thank the Feyris delegation for their helpfulness and collaboration with drafting this repeal, and have laid a replacement for public consideration; this will not be submitted until there is a general consensus that that is ready.Word count: 313
Repeal "Paid Leave Act"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.Category: RepealTarget: GA#584Proposed by: Tinhampton
General Assembly Resolution #584 “Paid Leave Act” (Category: Regulation; Area of Effect: Labour Rights) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Recognising that, while workers should be more than able to claim paid leave to care for themselves or their family, GA#584 fails to efficiently and effectively achieve this goal,
Noting that, while Article 4 of GA#584 requires workers to "give sufficient notice to their employer" of any circumstances that may require them to claim paid leave (if possible), its Article 3 only protects workers from retaliation while filing for or exercising paid leave, thus imperiling the job and associated benefits of workers who have an unexpressed but implicit desire for paid leave,
Concerned that Article 1c's requirement that employers pay all employees on paid leave their full expected wage is "unconditional[,]" even for the most highly-paid employees, regardless of whether reduced payments would still allow those employees and their families to meet their needs or would ensure the financial stability of their employers,
Thoroughly confused not only that Article 5 allows certain businesses to force any "worker's first member state of citizenship" (not the member state they currently work in) to fund that worker's paid leave, but that all businesses with "less than fifty workers" - regardless of their solvency - can take advantage of this burden-shifting,
Observing that Article 6b declares that childcare-related paid leave "ends when the worker's child no longer requires care from the worker, even if it is within the twelve allotted weeks" - a definition so poorly defined that it could (for example) easily allow businesses to incentivise workers to allow their newly-adopted children to be cared for by family members or formal childcare services as to return them to employment faster, and
Hoping to enact robust and meaningful legislation to ensure that all workers throughout the World Assembly can claim paid leave where necessary after the passage of this repeal...
The General Assembly hereby repeals GA#584 "Paid Leave Act."
Co-author: Feyrisshire
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