Rejected petition Work from home for all companies during Coronavirus

Rejected on 16 March 2020

The public would like the government to urge companies in any sizes to encourage their emplyees to work from home asap in addition to taking urgent actions to prevent further spread.

Without the government urge, companies would not encourage their employees to work from home.

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300439

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

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