Allow Furlough to Stranded British Citizens

Allow British Citizens Stranded Abroad to be placed on Furlough.

1000's of British Nationals are stranded abroad due to Covid-19. Like myself we all have financial commitments. Many Employers are saying if you are stranded abroad we will not put you on Furlough

It is up to individual employers to decide which staff are furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Remove firms discretion and obligate firms to furlough employees where eligible: Remove firms discretion and obligate firms to furlough employees where eligible.

Allow employees to claim the 80% income support directly from the Government: Allow employees to claim the 80% income support directly from the Government

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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/