Amend implementation of the current 'Furlough' rules from Sun 01/03 to Mon 02/03

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Amend the cut off date of the Furlough rules from the arbitrary date chosen of SUNDAY 01/03/2020 to MONDAY 02/03/2020 which is the first working day of the month.

Any new employee starting work in March would have begun employment on the first working day MONDAY 02/03/2020 and would have completed FOUR full weeks of work but because of the current implementation date these employees are not covered by the current legislation and their employers will have been forced to terminate them as of 27/03/2020.

By amending the date by ONE day these employees would be covered by the legislation and not force employers to terminate staff at this period of crisis.

Why it was rejected

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

Change the Furlough Support Scheme to include new hires after 28th February.

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

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/

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

27 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
16 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Apr 2020

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