Rejected petition Offer high risk pay to ALL frontline key workers during COVID-19

High risk pay rise to ALL key workers and ALL other essential workers along with priority shopping. Especially childcare workers who are putting themselves at risk so that others can do their job. They are one of our main key workers right now during this hard time and they deserve the recognition.

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I don’t think these people get enough recognition and are branded as low skill workers. They are carrying us all in this hard time and those who have to continue to work are putting them and their families at risk for us. They deserve to be paid higher and receive priority shopping. A lot of schools are staying open to care for the children of key workers and the childcare workers ARE key workers and they are doing their upmost best to support those children while putting themselves at risk.

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The Government is not responsible for setting the salary of most key workers, or setting minimum wages for particular sectors, but you may wish to sign petitions calling for the following actions:

Make hazard pay mandatory for key workers in the midst of COVID 19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307619

Give all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306845

Pay bonus to all key workers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307215

Incentivise NHS staff during the COVID19 outbreak by making wages untaxable: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304595

Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073

Bonus for emergency services personnel working due to COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303306

Make the minimum wage equal for all ages and increase to at least £10: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301749

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

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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Date submitted 24 March 2020
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