Submitted on Monday 30th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 18th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Raising the wage for care/domicillary workers
We would like to see the government change the rates of pay for care/domicillary key workers who are on a low hourly rate and would like this to be increased to a minimum of £10 an hour.
Lots of care providers are charging clients extortionate amounts of money for care, yet lots of key-workers across the country are on the basic national minimum wage and put themselves at risk everyday of the year for the health and well-being of others and are very often completely forgotten about despite being a clinical part of local care services. Lots of care providers across the country, pocket the care fees and pay their staff low income.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government isn't responsible for the pay of non-public sector workers, beyond setting the national minimum wage.
We have published a number of petitions calling on the Government to take actions that would financially reward all key workers, including those who are not public sector workers, which you might like to sign:
Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308903
Consider how to compensate key workers for their efforts during Covid-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308172
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
Pay Key Workers 2 weeks full pay if they have to isolate: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309104
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/
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/
18.219.22.107 Sun, 05 May 2024 01:07:08 +0100
