Recognize maternity leave in self-employment income support grant.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Allow mothers to exempt periods of maternity leave from the average income calculations.

It is important that mothers are treated equally and not discriminated against for taking time off work to have baby.

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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Timeline

5 May 2020	Petition opened for signatures
1 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Jun 2020

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