Submitted on Wednesday 18th February 2026
Rejected on Tuesday 24th March 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make It Illegal for Employers to Ghost Job Applicants During the UK Jobs Crisis.
Introduce legislation requiring employers to acknowledge job applications, provide a decision within a set timeframe, and give basic feedback after interviews. It should not be legal for employers to advertise vacancies, collect applicant data, and then ignore candidates.
UK unemployment is at its highest level in nearly five years, and youth unemployment is around 16%, the highest outside the pandemic in over a decade. Yet many applicants are routinely ghosted after applying or interviewing. People are told to “get into work” while employers face no obligation to respond. This wastes time, increases stress, and undermines trust in the labour market. If the Government is serious about tackling unemployment, it must also enforce basic accountability in recruitment
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Require employers to send responses to all job applications
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742375
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