{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/312431.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":312431,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Pay nurses working during the pandemic at 2 x rate for the risks they are taking","background":"Pay all NHS staff working \"on the front line\" double their usual rate of pay.","additional_details":"Whilst millions of people like myself are rightly being compensated for loss of earnings whilst staying at home, nurses and other related staff are working incredibly hard, and at extraordinary risk, to care for the needy whilst still earning a pitiful wage. They should be thanked and rewarded accordingly. They need to be appreciated (not just by clapping) but also financially, to feel truly appreciated.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2020-03-30T23:25:28.327Z","updated_at":"2020-04-15T06:00:38.164Z","rejected_at":"2020-04-15T06:00:22.917Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-03-31T07:17:44.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"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:\n\nMake hazard pay mandatory for key workers in the midst of COVID 19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307619\n\nGive all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306845\n\nPay bonus to all key workers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307215\n\nIncentivise NHS staff during the COVID19 outbreak by making wages untaxable: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304595\n\nIncrease pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073\n\nBonus for emergency services personnel working due to COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303306\n\nMake the minimum wage equal for all ages and increase to at least £10: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301749\n\nYou can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:\n\nNHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/\nUK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus\n\nYou 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\n\nYou 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.\n\nFind 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/\n\nRead correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/\n"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}