Petition · past parliament
Award substantial death in service for key worker families during COVID-19.
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
Please ask the Government to protect the future of key worker families, by awarding an additional death in service payment to any key worker who loses their life, while continuing to work and serve during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thousands of low wage workers, with little or no life cover, are putting themselves and their families at risk. There are so many families who right now cannot isolate and protect themselves, because key workers are needed to keep this country going. I think it’s important that they can continue to do their jobs, with the knowledge that should the worst happen as a result of their service, their families will be looked after.
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 some of these petitions:
Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19: Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19
Provide financial security and compensation to the families of keyworker victims: Provide financial security and compensation to the families of keyworker victims
Provide pensions to all who lose their husband, wife or partner during Covid-19: Provide pensions to all who lose their husband, wife or partner during Covid-19
Extend death in service benefits for COVID19 to NHS or care worker's household: Extend death in service benefits for COVID19 to NHS or care worker's household
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/
Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19: Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19
Provide financial security and compensation to the families of keyworker victims: Provide financial security and compensation to the families of keyworker victims
Provide pensions to all who lose their husband, wife or partner during Covid-19: Provide pensions to all who lose their husband, wife or partner during Covid-19
Extend death in service benefits for COVID19 to NHS or care worker's household: Extend death in service benefits for COVID19 to NHS or care worker's household
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
| 10 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
28 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.