Cash bonus and 2 weeks paid holiday to all essential workers after corona virus · petition

What the petition asks

The government to pay a cash bonus AND give an extra 2 weeks paid holiday (once this crisis is over) to ALL health. emergency, education , retail and other essential workers who continue to face the public every day putting themselves at risk.

Nearly all essential workers are not paid the wage to represent that they are essential for the country. They are putting their health and families at risk as they need to work during a very distressing time and I think they should be compensated for their outstanding effort.To continue to provide care to patients in hospital despite the high risk of catching the virus, the police officers and fire fighters who risk their lives, teachers providing skype lessons, home learning packs and teaching.

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: Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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

24 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
6 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee