Submitted on Thursday 8th February 2024
Rejected on Thursday 15th February 2024
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make workplaces and schools recognise pets as family members
Force any and all workplaces to recognise pets as family members when concerning family emergencies, wether that be an accident, urgent surgery being needed, death, etc.
Time off will be granted in cases of death depending on time of ownership, and time will be given for medical emergencies
Pets are family.
Nearly 50% of the UK agrees upon this.
For some people pets are their only family, their only friends, companions, or even life dependencies. They can help us through the toughest times, wether that be something as simple as failing a test or not getting a job, to losing another loved one.
Pets are special and should be treated no different than other family, there's already laws protecting them the same as humans, so people should be given time to grieve when losing them too.
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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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Decisions about time off from school for family emergencies are a matter for individual schools, not the Government or Parliament, but we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Introduce a right to pet care and bereavement leave: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/655074
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