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Legal requirement to respond to job applicants after interview

Submitted by Samuel Cooper on Friday 5th December 2025

Published on Friday 23rd January 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Thursday 23rd July 2026

Current Signatures: 252
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

AI ~ Canada ~ Companies ~ FRAME ~ Illegal ~ job applications ~ Law ~ market ~ Reasonable ~ Respond ~ UK employment

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 252 signatures in total, with signatories from 151 constituencies. That makes it the 607th most popular open petition, and the 14,601st most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 34% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of -1% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

Signatures by Region

Signatures by Country

Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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