Submitted on Thursday 14th January 2021
Rejected on Friday 5th February 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make Furlough Mandatory For Supply Staff in the Education Sector
This petition seeks two actions:
1) For the Employers NI and Pension contributions to be paid by the Government (as in the original CJRS).
2) Make furlough, for supply agencies and umbrella companies in the Education sector, mandatory and not a voluntary scheme.
Due to Lockdown, supply staff in the Education sector are without work. Their only hope is the Flexible Furlough Scheme. However, private supply agencies are refusing to furlough, citing contributions to Employers NI and Pension. In Lockdown 1, even though these costs were covered and 100% of the supply staff qualified, only 40% were furloughed. The government has invested £millions training up these teachers. Leaving teachers without an income will cause even more to leave the profession.
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:
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 a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/567772
18.227.140.240 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 20:25:54 +0000
