Rejected petition Change the virus wage support offered so no one gets less than minimum wage.

Government are offering to cover wages to value of 80% of wages if unable to work due to coronavirus up to maximum of £2500. No one should be paid less than minimum wage during this period. Make sure those that need the cash the most get it.

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Just an additional line saying no one cover by the wage support gets less than minimum wage, show your a party for the people.

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.

The National Minimum Wage is an hourly rate of pay, not a minimum income.

We have published a petition calling on the Government to implement Universal Basic Income to give home and food security through Covid-19, which you might like to sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302284

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 21 March 2020
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