Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Thursday 2nd April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make claiming statutory sick pay easier for self-employed in Coronavirus crisis
15% of UK workforce is self-employed. Chancellor announced that self-employed will receive Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) at £94/week, accessed via universal credit system. That's 5 week wait & comes with conditions. Make claiming SSP easier by letting us claim via a seperate more efficient HMRC channel.
We are entrepeneurs that make a significant contribution to this country's economy, respect that. Rishi went against the shadow chancellor & trade unions advice, in that claiming should be outside the universal credit system. We will be forced to continue working untill we receive SSP in our bank accounts and thus risk spreading the virus further. The current message we receive is that the self-employed are willfully being left out in the cold by this government, we are an after thought.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300336
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
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
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