Submitted on Saturday 28th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 8th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Require that Awarding Bodies apply for funding to support examiners who pay PAYE
Most examiners are paid 'employees' in that awarding bodies pay tax at source for them via PAYE. Awarding bodies have not pledged to support examiners whose main work this summer will not happen.
Those examiners who are self-employed can receive support, those who pay via PAYE cannot. Awarding bodies exploit the loophole of 'contracted' work although they do not offer P45s every time a contract ends, and HMRC argues that they are the employers of examiners paying PAYE. It is not the fault of examiners who provide essential activity intensively during exam time that examinations have been cancelled. This is the only income some examiners receive.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. It is for awarding bodies to decide whether or not to apply for financial assistance for employees.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310649
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