Petition · past parliament

Bring in a law to stop job redundancy during the job retention scheme.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like both the government and parliament to pass a law. To make all firms stop using co-vid 19 as reason to make redundancy and as long as government job retention scheme is in place it
Should be illegal to make redundancy.
Because thousands of people have already loss their Jobs. And company are still making more. During this time they should be forced to make use of the government job retention scheme instead of letting people go.

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: Prevent companies making employees redundant or laying them off due to COVID-19

Timeline

18 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
30 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 30 Jul 2020

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