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Make companies legally obliged to allow staff time off work to donate blood

Submitted on Thursday 10th March 2016

Published on Friday 11th March 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 11th September 2016

Signatures: 18

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NHS

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Make companies legally obliged to allow staff time off work to donate blood

Petition Details

The government should legislate to make it a legal requirement for companies to give staff reasonable time off work to donate blood and other blood products, and staff should not lose salary, annual leave, other benefits or be required to make up lost time in doing so.

Additional Information

Blood donations are vital to the NHS and save many lives every day. Yet getting time off work to donate blood can be very difficult. Employers are often reluctant to allow staff time out from their jobs for this purpose, meaning staff either have to use their annual leave entitlement, go unpaid, or make up the hours out of their own time. In a country which relies on blood donations every day this is a disgrace.


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