Petition · past parliament
Make it illegal to force employees to use annual leave to cover self isolation
Closed
67 signatures
What the petition asks
Annual leave has never been more essential to for peoples mental health. You rely on your annual leave to lighten these pressures, now more so than ever in the pandemic. If you are forced to use these days for isolating you soon find your 21 day allowance halved by a 10 day isolation period.
The Government needs to ensure that employees' annual leave is protected from being used unfairly, for a crisis that is out of control and is not their responsibility to take fault for. In a pandemic an employee who is isolating/protecting people from covid-19 should be praised not punished to encourage self-isolation.
Timeline
| 15 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Jul 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
67
Status
Closed
Opened
15 Jan 2021
Closed
15 Jul 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.