This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Offer carers a rise in pay and more recognition for their efforts.
Consider a higher percentage of pay or (bonus) scheme for the extra work provided to service users and the extra hours worked on a day to day basis.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The pay for most carers is a matter for individual employers, and not the Government or Parliament.
We have published a number of petitions calling on the Government to take actions that would financially reward various key workers, including carers, which you might like to sign:
Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308903
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
Ensure that the national minimum wage is a living wage: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306660
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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 letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.