Extend the date of eligibility of furlough set on employers from 28/02 to 20/03.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Change the furlough eligibility date set on employers from 28/02 to 20/03 (when the scheme was announced) in order to protect all jobs. People are still at risk of redundancies and unpaid leaves if they have started new roles recently.

Further to the announcement of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the government has now set a criterion of eligibility only for employees on payroll on 28/02. This needs to be changed to the day when the scheme was announced in order to protect all jobs. There are still many people still at risk of redundancies by having chosen to start new employment before the outbreak started. Many are left in limbo due to this criteria and are unable to claim anything.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Apr 2020

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