Inflate statutory sick pay temporarily during COVID 19

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Statutory Sick Pay currently does not come close to what many (essential) jobs pay per week. Especially food/ delivery services. Many lorry drivers (who deliver food to supermarkets) are not given sick pay and on average this means a loss of 4/5ths weekly earnings. Sick days are discouraged.

It's cruel and inhumane to advise members of the population to practice social distancing/ self-isolation, while many of their households are unable to do so, at the risk of future bankruptcy/ financial peril. Social distancing is the only thing that's helped kerb this thing. So why is the UK doing nothing to assist/ enforce it's blanket implementation? Guidelines are not good enough.

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 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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