Submitted on Thursday 5th November 2020
Rejected on Thursday 12th November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
UK to extend recent redundancy consultations and give furlough to staff affected
The government have extended furlough and offered this to those recently made redundant. Instead it should be mandatory that consultations are extended during November and furlough offered.
This is due to business change for second lockdown and the previous consultations being void economically
Lockdown prevents spread of disease and furlough helps sustain the economy only if this package is enforced to those affected by Gov late decision!
Without this option the economy suffers on all areas. Jobs are lost, homes may be lost, there will be low influx for Xmas and more. These issues cost the government more in the long run and cause mass suffering by leaving this decision open to businesses.
Is furlough their for people and overall economy health or for private business manipulation?
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you are concerned about people who have been or being made redundant as a result of Covid-19, but it's not clear exactly what you want the Government to do about this.
It is up to individual businesses, not the Government, to decide whether to reemploy staff that have previously been made redundant, although the Government does set rules on processes employers must follow to make staff redundant. Similarly, it is up to individual businesses, not the Government, to decide when to use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to extend minimum consultation periods for redundancy during the pandemic, or to provide financial support equivalent to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for workers who have been made redundant.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Make Companies who make furloughed employees redundant pay them a retraining fee: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/327197
Businesses to repay furlough if subsequently making redundancies: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/326870
Prevent companies making employees redundant or laying them off due to COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305475
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