C.F.C. 98-027 Cyberian Labor Act

Section l: The Workers
Section 1.1: No worker in Cyberia shall earn a minimum wage of less than ~8.5 per hour.
Section 1.2: Workers shall be classified as hourly or salaried employees. Hourly employees will be paid by the hour while salaried workers may be under contract with the employer and collecting e.g. sales commissions.
Section 1.3: No hourly worker shall be required to work more than 38 hours a week. If overtime is requested by the employer the hourly worker shall have the option of being paid overtime equal to 150 percent of their regular pay or using the time-off as compensation. The number of hours compensated will be computed at 150 percent of the employee's actual overtime hours.
Section 1.4: An employer must provide to an employee who works less than 38 hours a week the same fringe benefits as those provided to a full-time employee, calculated on a pro rata basis.

Section 2: The Workers' Unions
Section 2.1: No worker in Cyberia who works for an employer or cooperative of 100 employees or more shall be deprived of the right to enter into a pact with other workers. All companies as defined in the Finance Commission Act of 1998, shall recognize that pacts exists between its workers. This pact is called a labor union. This union exists to represent only those who have joined the nation, and shall not be forced on those who choose not to join it. Section 2.2: This pact shall be allowed to collectively bargain with the workers' employers to improve condition in the workplace including wages and cost of living adjustments. Each labor union shall negotiated a contract for a specific period of time to cover the workers and employer. If negotiations can not be completed prior to expiration of the contract, federal mediators may be called in to attempt to resolve the differences. workers have the right to strike against an employer upon expiration of the contract and when the employer refuses to negotiate in good faith and if federal mediators can not resolve the dispute. Prior to striking the labor union shall be permitted to seek a Court injunction preventing the hiring of replacements.
Section 2.3: Purposely left blank.
Section 2.4: Companies shall be prohibited from creating their own labor unions, although Unions may be formed to work within the company. However, a labor union may only attempt to unionize a company once every six months. Workers shall only be permitted to unionize when not less than 51 percent of them are in favor of unionization.
Section 2.5: Labor Unions are recognized by the Cyberian government if 3 real citizens, 2 of which must not have a government position, register the union with the President. Any and all documents used by the union, including posts on the forum, must be endorsed by all real citizens registered in the union, or it shall not be considered a document by said labor union. Labor Unions may have their own page on the Cyberian website devoted to links to their homepages.

Section 3. The Federal Government
Section 3.1: The Minister of the Interior will be responsible for any and all worker-employer relations in Cyberia.
Section 3.2: The Minister of the Interior will work with the Minister of the Treasury and based on recommendations of the Finance Committee will make recommendations to the National Assembly for an increase to the minimum wage. 1