Petition · past parliament
Stop companies from sacking employees to avoid furlough
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Stop company using smoke screen methods to sack people or get rid of there highly paid staff after 29th Feb and bring in legislation that puts the individual in control not the company
Because there are many cases that exist were companies have just laid off there staff under redundancy or that of sacking so that they can just get rid of there staff in an underhanded way. And not furlough them. The goverment should furlough these people immediately instead of them having the additional stress of a legal fight through the courts
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
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Allow employees to claim the 80% income support directly from the Government: Allow employees to claim the 80% income support directly from the Government
Prevent companies making employees redundant or laying them off due to COVID-19: Prevent companies making employees redundant or laying them off 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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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
Prevent companies making employees redundant or laying them off due to COVID-19: Prevent companies making employees redundant or laying them off 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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
Timeline
| 6 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.