This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can be used to pay 80% of the salaries, up to £2,500 a month, of any employees who are furloughed during the coronavirus outbreak.

Deciding which staff while be furloughed under this scheme is a matter for individual employers, and not the Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Remove firms discretion and obligate firms to furlough employees where eligible: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312611

Allow employees to claim the 80% income support directly from the Government: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311183

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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/