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Pay the self employed a minimum of the National Living Wage.

Submitted on Monday 23rd March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Pay the self employed a minimum of the National Living Wage.

Petition Details

Pay all self employed people the minimum of the National Living Wage for the duration of the corona virus

Additional Information

A lot of self employed people have overheads that run into thousands every year. These overheads must still be paid. When this is over we will need these people to help rebuild our economy


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The National Living Wage is an hourly rate of pay, not a minimum income.

Since you started your petition the Government has announced support for self-employed individuals: www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-gives-support-to-millions-of-self-employed-individuals

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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