Rejected petition Inflate statutory sick pay temporarily during COVID 19

Statutory Sick Pay currently does not come close to what many (essential) jobs pay per week. Especially food/ delivery services. Many lorry drivers (who deliver food to supermarkets) are not given sick pay and on average this means a loss of 4/5ths weekly earnings. Sick days are discouraged.

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It's cruel and inhumane to advise members of the population to practice social distancing/ self-isolation, while many of their households are unable to do so, at the risk of future bankruptcy/ financial peril. Social distancing is the only thing that's helped kerb this thing. So why is the UK doing nothing to assist/ enforce it's blanket implementation? Guidelines are not good enough.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302277

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/coronavirus

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Date submitted 17 March 2020
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