Submitted on Monday 10th August 2020
Rejected on Thursday 24th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Formally classify unpaid carers as "workers" of the state, under the law.
We the undersigned want the UK Parliament to pass legislation formally classifying unpaid carers as "workers" under UK law, just like their private and public sector counterparts and give them the same rights as any other worker.
Unpaid carers are required under UK law to provide care for a minimum of 35 hours per week (most work over 60). This is a term of employment. Carers working 60 hours per week receive on average £2.30 per hour. This is not acceptably. The way the UK treats carers is exploitation, affording them no workers rights at all, as valued members of the workforce who save the UK £135 billion per year, equivelant to the budgets for the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined.
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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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We think these petitions are similar:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/329815
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/332590
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