Emergency funding to support freelancers & contractors impacted by Coronavirus

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Set up an emergency fund to support freelancers and contractors who cannot avoid losing income because of the outbreak. This does not include those who are self employed.

Freelancers and contractors provide security for the families and communities who depend on these micro business’ for income.

At the moment millions of people might be forced to quarantine or will be impacted as a result of quarantines, the domino effect being less contracts and jobs for independent contractors and micro business’ (known as freelancers) and hence face a huge loss of earnings which is no fault of their own.

The freelancers and contractors need some form of protection / compensation help to manage the potential huge loss of income they are facing at no fault of their own.

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly who you want to be covered by this approach. Freelancers and contracters are self-employed, but you also want this not to apply to them.

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Give financial help to agency and zero hour workers during COVID-19 outbreak.

Timeline

11 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
16 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Mar 2020

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