Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for self employed pay upto £2.5k not £94pw SSP.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Allow the self employed to have access to Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and to pay them up to £2.5k per month to cover wages effected, identical to what is offered to the employed community.

At the moment the self employed are only entitled to statutory sick pay at £94 per week, while employers under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can apply for grants to pay there employees 80% wages up to £2500, per employee, per month. We the self employed have bills too and we also need support during these hard times!

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

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

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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