Increase rate of statutory pay from £94/week to the national living wage or more

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

The rate of statutory sick pay is just £94/week, whereas the national living wage (at 35 hours/week) will be £305.20/week from 01/04/20. This is barely 30% of what a worker's income would normally need to be. With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the UK, this must be addressed immediately.

Nobody chooses to be infected with illness, be it COVID-19 or any other. If workers have to miss working, due to their inability to do their work, or simply having to self-isolate to protect others, they should all be entitled to receive at least the national living wage, not the paltry current amount (£94/week) that is barely 30% of that. We already have the NHS, public welfare, schools, emergency services etc. - we are a socialist country! Let's make this apply to statutory sick pay too.

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: 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

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

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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