Rejected petition Stop IR35 For Public Sector Workers During the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Rejected on 8 April 2020

Social Workers, nurses and social sector agency workers are key workers, we are frontline and putting our health at risk for others without the protections of being a permanent employee but we are essential. We are therefore calling on the governement to cease IR35 for Social sector agency workers.

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/300458

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

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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