Increase the amount of statuary sickness to allow people to survive.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

118£ a week are not enough for people to survive. During this pandemic many people are obliged to be off work and will fall into poverty. Provide the necessary help for people to survive.

Increase the statuary sickness or implement a plan to offer a sustainable support to the population that will fall into poverty due to loss of work, or that will not perceive a salary during the pandemic.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

Ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus
Increase Statutory Sick Pay

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Timeline

15 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
24 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Mar 2020

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