Petition · past parliament
Extend the Govt Job Retention Scheme to flexible, partial furloughing past June.
Rejected
13 signatures
What the petition asks
Please consider extended the Government Job Retention Scheme beyond June on a flexible basis. Allowing employees to return on a part time basis.
As businesses return to work, we need people working but not necessarily full time until markets and sales revenues improve.
The current scheme is supportive and essential but stifles productivity.
Part time working will:
- Avoid a cliff edge of returning to a full wage bill without sales income
- Reduce risk of redundancies
- Allow businesses to emerge in line with demand
- Stagger shifts to relieve pressure on public transport
- Reduce pressure on workplace space & potential for infection
The current scheme is supportive and essential but stifles productivity.
Part time working will:
- Avoid a cliff edge of returning to a full wage bill without sales income
- Reduce risk of redundancies
- Allow businesses to emerge in line with demand
- Stagger shifts to relieve pressure on public transport
- Reduce pressure on workplace space & potential for infection
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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Additionally, since you started your petition the Government has announced new flexibility will be introduced from August to get employees back to work and boost economy: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-extends-furlough-scheme-until-october
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/
Additionally, since you started your petition the Government has announced new flexibility will be introduced from August to get employees back to work and boost economy: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-extends-furlough-scheme-until-october
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
| 30 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
13
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.