Submitted on Thursday 30th April 2020
Rejected on Monday 1st June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Extend the Govt Job Retention Scheme to flexible, partial furloughing past June.
Please consider extended the Government Job Retention Scheme beyond June on a flexible basis. Allowing employees to return on a part time basis.
As businesses return to work, we need people working but not necessarily full time until markets and sales revenues improve.
The current scheme is supportive and essential but stifles productivity.
Part time working will:
- Avoid a cliff edge of returning to a full wage bill without sales income
- Reduce risk of redundancies
- Allow businesses to emerge in line with demand
- Stagger shifts to relieve pressure on public transport
- Reduce pressure on workplace space & potential for infection
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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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/30963
Additionally, since you started your petition the Government has announced new flexibility will be introduced from August to get employees back to work and boost economy: www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-extends-furlough-scheme-until-october
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/
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