Zero wage tax for customer facing supermarket staff during COVID crisis.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

A temporary zero rate of income tax and social security for non-management in-store food retail staff during COVID crisis.

Lower paid workers of supermarkets are putting themselves at higher risk by stocking and serving large numbers of potentially infected customers so that we can all continue to function as a society during this emergency. They should be thanked for their dedication and the risk they are putting themselves at should be acknowledged by a tax break for the duration of the COVID emergency.

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 this petition calling for the same action: Give all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis

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/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 2 Apr 2020

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