Petition · past parliament · Department for Work and Pensions

Introduce a national minimum wage for jobs existing within anti-social hours

Closed 86 signatures

What the petition asks

Working anti-social hours on minimum wage is not sufficient. Safe travels home at 4am means getting a taxi as there is no public transport available at these hours, causing us to pay much higher costs for transport home meaning almost an hours wage if not more has to be spent on getting home safely.
The government needs to consider that jobs existing within anti-social hours come with more expensive costs than those working social hours. This includes transport home such as taxi’s when public transport is not running, having to use corner shops for food after work when affordable shops like supermarkets are closed. These two examples explore how those working anti-social hours are bound to more expensive travel and food costs, therefore a NMW should be introduced to help subsidise the costs

Timeline

4 Mar 2024 Petition opened for signatures
29 May 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 86
Status Closed
Department Department for Work and Pensions
Opened 4 Mar 2024
Closed 29 May 2024

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