Petition · past parliament

Furlough Leave to include Salespeople’s Regular Commissions within 80% payment.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Furlough Leave needs to include Salespeople’s regular Commissions within 80% payment not just basic salaries.
Myself and many other sales people rely on the regular monthly commission we earn to pay our bills and support our families. This is not currently being included in furlough leave and as such a large number of people are not going to be able to pay bills, mortgages or feed their families.

Why it was rejected

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

Consider paying commission and bonus as part or furlough payment

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

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