Petition · Department for Work and Pensions

Amend employment law to require additional pay for Sunday working

Closed 32 signatures

What the petition asks

I’d like the UK Government to mandate that anyone who works on a Sunday gets a pay increase of time and a half, since Sunday is an unsociable day to work.
Many people would rather be elsewhere than working on a Sunday, as I think there’s no incentive/benefit to working on a Sunday. I think there needs to be action for this to change to make employees want to work on a Sunday.

Timeline

28 Jul 2025 Petition opened for signatures
28 Jan 2026 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 32
Status Closed
Department Department for Work and Pensions
Opened 28 Jul 2025
Closed 28 Jan 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 30 Aug 2026.