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Supermarket workers given the option to be Furloughed. Not forced to work.

Submitted on Monday 4th May 2020

Rejected on Monday 1st June 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Supermarket workers given the option to be Furloughed. Not forced to work.

Petition Details

Supermarket workers to be given the option to be furloughed. Not forced to work.
As other retailers have been Furloughed why are we being treated differently and made to put our lives at risk in order to pay bills whilst others sit at home risk free receiving the same income to pay their bills.

Additional Information

Does this not come under the human rights Act? We’re all humans but some discriminated against because of where we are employed.


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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.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311183

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