Submitted on Saturday 17th October 2020
Rejected on Thursday 3rd December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Increase staffing to give NHS & care workers 10 days extra leave after COVID-19
Workers in NHS & care services have been under huge & prolonged strain during the pandemic. Once medical options for preventing & treating COVID-19 reduce the demand, let’s increase staffing to allow 10 extra funded days of leave for these workers as a thank you. TOIL (time off in lieu) for toilers!
Rather than gestures and medals, this will directly benefit the wellbeing of public service workers who have been strained beyond all reasonable limits by this emergency. It will show that we truly do care & cherish their contribution. The boost in staffing would be finite, can be forward planned, and would in itself speed up service delivery in other areas impacted by lockdown strictures, so in turn benefitting wider society, and boost holiday and travel businesses as a byproduct.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The NHS are responsible for decisions about annual leave for NHS staff, not the UK Government or Parliament. Similarly, individual local authorities or care providers are responsible for decisions about annual leave for their staff.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Give NHS staff a one off bonus for their help with Covid 19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/321150
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