Petition · past parliament

Extra paid holiday for all key workers once the Coronavirus Pandemic is over!

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Key workers are overloaded and putting themselves at risk, to protect the rest of us. They won't get the relative 'luxury' of working from home, or being off work with 80% of their pay while this crisis continues. As an when appropriate, Government should allow an extra week of paid holiday.
Supporting employers, the Government should provide extra holiday for key workers to take a well earned break when the situation allows.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 May 2020

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