Petition · past parliament

Extention of Furlough scheme for Hotel Employees.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Hotel employees are getting redundant or employers are putting them on lay off as there is no sign of business coming up. Government need to extend the furlough scheme without employer contribution as some employers are not able to give 10% or 20% salary with pension and National Insurance.
EXTENTION OF FURLOUGH SCHEME FOR HOTEL EMPLOYEES

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 which calls for the same action: Extend the furlough scheme at 80% until at least December 2020

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

14 Sep 2020 Petition opened for signatures
21 Sep 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Sep 2020

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