Employers to give an average of hours if a business closes because of COVID-19

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

The Retail and Restaurant industrys most workers have a low hour contract usually of 8 hours instead of contracted hours Employers must give a payment of an average amout of hours per month during the pandemic crisis if the business is forced to close

Hundreds if not thousands of families will be in debt if bills are suspended unless the Government annulled the bill costs most families could or will go bankrupt

Giving a average of hours will allow retail and restaurant workers to pay bills and support their families
These payments should not effect holiday or sickness allowance

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The number of hours paid under a flexible contract is a matter for individual employers, not the Government or Parliament.

We have published a petition calling on the Government to implement Universal Basic Income to give home & food security through Covid-19, which you might like to sign: Implement Universal Basic Income to give home & food security through Covid-19

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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