Have your say on government e-petitions

Provide full sick pay for all nhs and private nursing and care staff

Submitted on Friday 17th April 2020

Rejected on Friday 26th June 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Provide full sick pay for all nhs and private nursing and care staff

Petition Details

Provide full sick pay equal to their normal pay for all nursing and care staff both in the nhs and private nursing and care homes, these workers are the only ones who are not receiving any financial support, if they go off sick many will only receive statutory sick pay.

Additional Information

To ensure no nursing and care staff lose out financially as a result of contracting Covid 19 while working in nursing and care settings. All nursing and care staff both in the nhs and private care and nursing settings should receive full pay if off sick due to Covid 19.


You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

This petition was rejected

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.

Ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301652

You may also wish to sign these similar petitions:
Ensure care workers get full pay from day one of Coronavirus-related absence:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307650

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

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

3.14.142.115 Sun, 05 May 2024 10:07:52 +0100