Petition

Reduce Ghost Jobs and Increase Employer Accountability

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Require medium and large companies to pay a levy on long-running or repeatedly reposted job adverts, report vacancy outcomes, investigate misleading recruitment practices, discourage repeated hire-and-fire cycles, and reward youth hiring and worker redeployment.
Require medium and large companies to pay a levy on vacancies advertised for more than three months without being filled and on repeatedly reposted positions. Require employers to report whether vacancies were filled, withdrawn or remain active. Investigate verified complaints about misleading recruitment practices and introduce measures discouraging repeated hire-and-fire cycles, while providing incentives for employers who redeploy workers into new jobs or hire people aged 18–25.

Why it was rejected

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

Impose criminal penalties on companies advertising Ghost Jobs
Impose criminal penalties on companies advertising Ghost Jobs

Timeline

9 Jun 2026 Petition opened for signatures
7 Jul 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Jul 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 31 Aug 2026.