Give self-employed the same rights as the employed.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Self employed get no sick pay , no maternity pay , no pension contributions, they also have to wait between 30/60 days or longer for payment, how is a tax rise making it "fair".

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The Chancellor has announced today (15 March) that the proposed changes to National Insurance for self-employed people won’t go ahead.

The Chancellor made a statement about this to the House of Commons. You can find out more, including how to watch the statement and read a transcript, here:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/march/statement-on-class-4-national-insurance-contributions/

You can read a letter about this issue, which the Chancellor has sent to the Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee (Andrew Tyrie MP), here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-chancellor-to-chairman-of-treasury-select-committee-on-national-insurance-contributions-for-the-self-employed

Timeline

9 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
15 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Mar 2017

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