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Petition · past parliament

Help For Zero Hours Workers Having Little or No Income During The Current Crisis

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Pay All Zero Hours workers an Income Support Benefit equal to working 16 hours per week based on thr UK Minimum Adult Wage
The Government were more that happy to encourage employers and workers to sign up to Zero Hours Contracts, and now in the current crisis the workers are left in financial difficulties through no fault of there own..

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Give financial help to agency and zero hour workers during COVID-19 outbreak.

Timeline

19 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
9 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Apr 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.