REST Act

The REST Act (Recovery, Endurance, STillness Act) is an act passed by the Parliament of Doggerland that gives workers the right to a 4 day workweek.

Support
The bill was passed 5-1-1 in the Senate, with Senators Hawyee, Nixon, Trashman, Ottofrog, and Robert La Follette voting for the bill, Senator Jack Walker abstaining, Senator King of Purrsia voting against, and Senators PrisonMike and MapDude not voting.

On 4/10/2021 the REST Act passed the National Assembly by 29-16 and came into effect.

Full Text of Bill
SENATE OF DOGGERLAND 2nd LEGISLATURE — [?] REGULAR SESSION 2021 Recovery, Endurance, Stillness (REST) Bill A bill to bring four day workweeks to all Doggers Written and sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Marius Hawyee Article I – Four Day Work Week

Once this bill is passed by the National Assembly and by the Senate, it will be declared official policy of the Dogger government that all workers deserve a four day workweek. A four day workweek being when Dogger workers have 3 days in which they are not expected to work out of a 7 day period, or when the total hours worked is 32 or less. Article II – Changes in Pay

No business will be permitted to lower the salary of their workers in response to the decrease in work week length. Each business will be required to increase the wages of its workers so that they will earn an equivalent amount overall after the institution of the four day workweek as they did before. Workers may reject any pay raise in exchange for working fewer hours equivalent to how much the pay raise would have been worth. Workers who wish to work for longer than 32 hours a week may do so at an overtime pay rate of not less than 1.5 the normal wage. Article III - Enforcement

Any business found to not be giving its workers a four day workweek will be fined the equivalent to 14% of their annual corporate taxes each year annually by the Doggerland Revenue Service. Any business found to have not increased wages or to have decreased salaries due to the decrease in workweek length will be fined the equivalent to 25% of their annual corporate taxes each year annually by the Doggerland Revenue Service.