Economic reform

The new government has already begun introducing a programme of radical and widespread economic reforms.

Here are the main areas in which life will be improved for the ordinary decent citizen of the Paradise Islands:

Income tax reform

• Every working man will pay a flat rate of tax of 1% 
• The tax threshold for a working man will be set at half a million pounds a year
• Every working woman will pay a sliding scale of tax from between 40% and 90%
• Thetax threshold for a working woman will be set at four thousand pounds a year

 Pension reform 

• Every male is automatically enrolled into a pension scheme the moment he begins work
• Every female must work for a company for 8 years before she is permitted to join the pension scheme
• The earliest age at which males are permitted to work part-time is 14 
• The latest age at which females must begin working  part-time is set at 8
• The earliest age at which males are permitted to work full-time is 18
• The latest age at which females must begin working full-time is set at 12
• Males are permitted to retire from work from the age of 35 onwards
• Females are not permitted to retire from work until they have reached the age of 80
• All pension schemes for male employees shall be non-contributory
• All pension schemes for female employees shall be contributory

 Welfare reform

• All males are entitled to a national minimum income whether or not they work
• All males are entitled to unemployment benefit if they lose their job
• Females are not entitled to a national minimum income
• Females are not entitled to unemployment benefit if they lose their job

Pay and working conditions

• Males may only work a maximum 25-hour week and a maximum 5-hour working day
• Females must work a minimum 84-hour week and a minimum 12-hour working day
• All males are entitled to a national minimum wage
• Females are not entitled to a national minimum wage
• All males are entitled to five weeks paid holiday a year
• Females are not entitled to any paid holiday leave during the course of the year
• All males are entitled to sick pay
• Females are not entitled to any sick pay
• All males must be paid at least twice and preferably three quarters as much money as females
• No female may ever be placed in a position of authority or responsibility over a male

Code of conduct and disciplinary procedure

• There shall be a dress code for females laid down by employers and which they must follow strictly
• Any infraction of this code will result in disciplinary action
• There shall be a deportment code for females by employers which they must follow strictly
• Any violation of this code will result in disciplinary action
• There shall be a code of verbal conduct for females which they must follow strictly
• Any transgression of the code will result in disciplinary action  
• Any male member of staff, however young or junior, has the right to impose disciplinary action upon any female worker, however old or senior, and his word alone is enough. He does not have to get approval from a more senior male member of staff to decide that a female worker has committed an infraction and deserves just punishment for her actions.