Submitted on Thursday 27th August 2015
Rejected on Wednesday 9th September 2015
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Provide tax free hazard pay to electricity workers who are operational.
There have been a rising number of serious injuries and fatalities in the power distribution sector due to private companies not maintaining or efficiently monitoring their switchgear. eg UKPN engineer John Higgins died in 2008 after tap changer exploded. This was a result of poor maintenance by DNO
http://press.hse.gov.uk/2013/rnn-e-00213/
http://m.heraldscotland.com/news/12306418.ScottishPower_tightens_up_records_after_deaths_of_two_workers/
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The amount that electricity workers are paid is decided by the company they work for, not by the Government or Parliament.
Parliament does control taxation, so you could start a petition to ask for tax relief for electricity workers, if you wished to do so.
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