Submitted on Monday 30th March 2020
Rejected on Thursday 16th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Include people who started a new job in March in the furlough scheme.
We call on the government to extend the furlough scheme to those who started new jobs in March and who are currently being left unemployed due to shutdowns caused be Coronavirus.
The UK government has announced that people who would lose their jobs due to the Coronavirus will be paid up to 80% of their salary under the furlough scheme.
However, guidelines state you needed to be on payroll in February.
Many thousands of people started new jobs in March and are not eligible.
The UK government must honour the contracts of people who started jobs in March & extend the furlough scheme to cover all employees.
Other countries such as Spain have done this to protect citizens.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310679
You can find out about what Government support is available for people as a result of coronavirus (under the section on employment and financial support) here: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
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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