Submitted on Thursday 12th March 2020
Rejected on Friday 27th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Provide 75% of the national minimum wage for anyone affected by Covid-19.
Anyone affected by Covid-19 should be given a living allowance of 75% of the national minimum wage. Anyone whose income was affected should be able to apply for this allowance.
- contracted the disease
- self-isolated by order or voluntarily
- lost their job
- forced to take unpaid leave
The benefits system and the SSP are not fit for purpose. They were not designed for such a disaster. Many are being made redundant, asked to take unpaid leave & many tens of thousands will become ill. Government must provide a safety net. SSP from day 1 isn't making a difference. If businesses know that they can keep their staff instead of making them redundant, we'll see many bouncing back after. It also means people are not left without financial support at a time when services are closed.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you want the Government to provide financial support to people affected by Covid-19, but it's not clear what you want the Government to do to achieve this.
The National Minimum Wage is an hourly rate, not a set income: www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
We have published a number of petitions calling for the Government to provide financial support to individuals during the outbreak, which you might like to sign:
If you want the Government to implement Universal Basic Income to give home and food security during the coronavirus outbreak, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302284
If you want the Government to ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301652
If you want the Government to pay self employed workers a wage due to lack or earnings caused by COVID-19, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303345
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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