Let people recently made redundant apply for furlough directly from the Gov

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Instead of making workers go to their ex employers to ask to be reinstated and put back on furlough, which would of course involve financial implications for them, let people apply directly to the government. Or make new JSA based on recent earnings instead of £70 a week!

Companies have been forced to make redundancies and now there are people who could have been kept on furlough who find themselves unemployed and not eligible for anything more than £70 a week, which is not sufficient when we have bills to pay, children to feed and no prospects of a new job anytime soon. It’s now luck of the draw whether you are on furlough and former employers are not under any obligation to put former employees back on payroll.

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: Extend financial support for workers made redundant due to Covid

Timeline

6 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
19 Nov 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Nov 2020

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