This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We understand that you want the Government to make changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, but it's not clear how you want this scheme to be changed.

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

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

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

Change the Furlough Support Scheme to include new hires after 28th February: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310679

Consider paying commission and bonus as part or furlough payment: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311380

Pay those who had job offers retracted 80% of the wage they would have earned: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310654

Remove the £2,500 cap on salary reimbursed through Covid-19 job retention scheme: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312706

Prevent companies making employees redundant or laying them off due to COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305475

Change restrictions on furloughed workers so they can still work and contribute: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309635

Extend the Job Retention Scheme to UK citizens employed by overseas companies: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312662

Allow companies to furlough their Schedule D workers under the CJRS: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312285

Allow furloughed charity employees to volunteer for their charity: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311559

If the action you want the Government to take isn't covered by these petitions, you could start a new petition stating clearly what change you want the Government to make to this scheme.

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/