Petition the government for a extra weeks holiday for keyworkers

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Give keyworkers a extra weeks holiday as a thank you for keeping this country going during the pandemic, Often for minimum wage.
Keyworkers are exhausted and to prevent this crucial workforce crashing out with illnesses we should be offered a extra weeks recuperation.

Without keyworkers the country would have ground to a halt in the last year.

Allowing a extra weeks holiday would help a tired workforce rest and regenerate.
Able to come back to work rejuvenated and ready to face more pressure that COVID 19 is causing across many essential sectors.

This should also allow a paid week off for self employed key workers.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The Government sets the statutory entitlement to annual leave, but is not responsible the employment conditions, including for annual leave, for workers not directly employed by the Government, which includes most key workers.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to provide funding for additional annual leave for public sector key workers, if that is what you want to happen.

Timeline

4 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jan 2021

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