Petition · past parliament

Job retention scheme should also be for those who were on payroll after 28th Feb

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Recently government has announced the Job retention scheme to pay 80% of the wages, but they also mentioned that it is valid to those people who were on a company's payroll before 28th Feb, but what about people who were on payroll after 28th Feb?
Even we, people who were on payroll after 28th Feb are facing it difficult now in this hardship times, so please don't consider that deadline or change it to the other date (to when the lockdown was announced).

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Change the Furlough Support Scheme to include new hires after 28th February.

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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

7 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
24 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 24 Apr 2020

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