Change statutory maternity pay

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

I want the government to make it essential for companies to pay fair maternity wages and not at their discretion. Women are being penalised for having children and some having to go back to work after as little as 6 weeks due to wages being dramatically cut and not able to survive otherwise.

I want them to stop discriminating against women. You get paid more on furlough than you do on maternity leave. They need to consider women need time to breastfeed and bond with the baby. It is common for women in this century to be the main earners in the household and not the men. Therefore, they don’t have the luxury to be able to not work and live off £151per week. Women didn’t choose to carry babies it was how we were made therefore shouldn’t be penalised for it.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Enhance maternity leave to be at full pay for 6 months: Enhance maternity leave to be at full pay for 6 months

Increase Maternity/Shared Parental pay in line with National Living Wage: Increase Maternity/Shared Parental pay in line with National Living Wage

If you would like statutory maternity pay to be changed in a different way to the above petitions, you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

14 May 2021	Petition opened for signatures
19 May 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 May 2021

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