Submitted on Monday 23rd March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 28th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Christmas Eve and Boxing day off for food retail workers, to say thank you!
People who work in the food retail sector (Tesco, Aldi etc) have put in long hours over the Covid-19 period, putting themselves and their loved ones at risk; all so we can eat, and have access to a dwindling supply of toilet paper.
Three days off at Christmas would show how we noticed their effort!
I would like parliament to enforce the closing down of all food retail outlets on Christmas eve, Christmas day and Boxing Day.
Although this may come as an inconvenience to some it will show solidarity on a sector that has been out under major strain this year.
The British public can all buy their turkeys and last minute shopping the day before Christmas eve, and give these workers what we had much more than three days of this year; time with their families.
The least we can do!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The arrangements for supermarket opening and annual leave for supermarket staff are a matter for individual retailers, not the Government or Parliament.
We have published a number of petitions calling for the Government to financially reward key workers as a result of coronavirus, which you might like to sign:
Make hazard pay mandatory for key workers in the midst of COVID 19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307619
Give all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306845
Pay bonus to all key workers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307215
Incentivise NHS staff during the COVID19 outbreak by making wages untaxable: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304595
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073
Bonus for emergency services personnel working due to COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303306
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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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