Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Provide similar Coronavirus benefits for freelance and self-employed workers.
Government intervention for businesses affected by the Coronavirus pandemic covers wages of up to £2,500 a month and designed to help protect workers from job loss. There is not the same guarantee for the millions of self-employed people in the UK.
Update the plan for the self-employed of all industries (including those freelancers set up as limited companies where they are the only director/employee) to match their support of the employed workforce during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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