Petition · past parliament

Ensure care workers who are away from work with Covid 19 are paid full pay.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Care workers in the private sector are only being paid Statutory Sick Pay in the event that they are ill due to Covid 19.
It is the employers responsibility, but they are front line and deserve full pay.
They are front line staff, risking health and being treat as second class front line.

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: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/3307650

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 find 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

22 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
6 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Jul 2020

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