Submitted on Tuesday 28th April 2020
Rejected on Monday 1st June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow ALL redundant employees access to 80% salary or furlough during lockdown
Make furlough compulsory OR allow employees who were made redundant due to COVID 19 access to a scheme which entitles them to 80% of their salary. Do not leave this "scheme" in the hands of employers as this is an unfair system. Make the scheme accessible to all eligible hardworking taxpayers.
When lockdown went into place many businesses went into panic due to cash flow issues, many staff were made redundant with no option of furlough (mainly due to a delay of the furlough scheme via HMRC) Those affected should be treated equally to those lucky enough to have been furloughed and granted government support of 80%. Many hardworking people have been left with UC which doesn't even cover rent payments. Make this FAIR FOR ALL not just the select employees lucky to have been handpicked.
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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.
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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
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