Include people already redundant (because of Coronavirus) in the 80% wage cover

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Include people already redundant (because of Coronavirus) in the 80% wage cover. There are procedures being implemented to help those in work, etc however at this point so many people have already been made redundant as a direct result of COVID 19.

If the redundancy can be specifically proven to be as a result of COVID 19 then persons affected should be included in the government 80% wage cover from the wages they've now lost. A letter from employer confirming redundancy, the reason of COVID 19, payslip confirming basic wage, should be provided as proof in order for the 80% cover to be issued directly to those persons. They also requested to volunteer for NHS if not self isolating.

Why it was rejected

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

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Pay salary for all who lose their jobs during this pandemic: Pay salary for all who lose their jobs during this pandemic.

You can find out about what Government support is available for people as a result of coronavirus (under the section on employment and financial support) here: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

And 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/

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

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

21 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
14 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Apr 2020

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