Petition · past parliament
Allow people with PAYE earnings for 2019-2020 to claim from HMRC under CJRS.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Employees can be denied CJRS without reason or recourse as implementation is at the discretion of employers. There is no appeal, no checks on the validity of rejections and no hope for any other support. Benefits are not even close in comparison to the CJRS.
ExcludedUK estimate 3 million people are denied support. The government claims doing further is complicated or open to fraud. SEISS systems can be repurposed and HMRC hold full PAYE submission/furlough data which mitigates these arguments. Reliance on employers results in discrimination, establishing a two tier society. Those that receive 80% of their pay and those that are told that benefits are an equivalent or acceptable alternative - if they even qualify for them.
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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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
| 3 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Jul 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 Jul 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.