Pause/cap bills. Statutory sick pay should be a living wage during the pandemic

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The statutory sick pay is not enough for many people to afford to live during Covid-19. Landlords, Lettings agents, utilities, council tax, lenders and debt payments for those on sick pay should be paused or capped. The aim is for people to not lose their homes or more while they cannot work.

“Tell us more about why you want the Government or Parliament to do it” because the majority of these businesses are not going to do it out of the goodness of their hearts, unfortunately.

This also applies to those receiving a reduced wage due to 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:

Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown
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/coronavirus

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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