This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme provides a grant to employers to pay part of the salaries of workers who are put on furlough, but deciding who to furlough is a decision for individual employers, not the Government or Parliament.

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

Tougher penalties for not following the Covid 19 rules: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314400

Increase fines for breaking Covid-19 regulations to £1000 for first offence: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320026

Make Covid19 Non Compliance Fines min £10,000 & use to fund NHS/Key Worker PPE: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315520

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 find 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/