Rejected petition Encourage working from home amongst COVID-19 outbreak

Encourage employers and universities to let employees and students work from home where this is possible

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The WHO Chief has expressed that he is “deeply concerned” by “alarming levels of inaction” by governments in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Employers and universities are currently reluctant to allow their employees and students to work from home as the government have refused to encourage them. This would help reduce the spread of the virus allowing greater protection for the elderly and vulnerable with underlying health conditions. Also, CO2 emissions from travel will be reduced

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Why was this petition rejected?

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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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

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Date submitted 11 March 2020
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