Rejected petition Make hiring temps after redundancies (to cover the position) a criminal offence

Made redundant then temps hired in my position straight away. I would like more rights for workers and for companies to have to have an appeals procedure.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. It's clear that you would like changes to workers' rights. Its not clear whether you would like a new criminal offence, an appeals procedure for redundancies or both. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 17 January 2017
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