Rejected petition Change the date to qualify for the furlough scheme

To extend the qualifying criteria for employees to become included in the current furlough scheme to include seasonal workers who signed a contract before the crisis, but did not commence employment until after the qualifying date. For example holiday accommodation workers.

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There are a large number of people who signed a contract for employment during the winter, but because the employment did not begin until April or May, did not qualify for the current scheme. It is unfortunate that such cases missed the boat by a few weeks, yet will face severe financial hardship until they can return to work. Can the scheme be amended to include these employees ?

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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Change the Furlough Support Scheme to include new hires after 28th February: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310679

Pay those who had job offers retracted 80% of the wage they would have earned: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310654

Introduce Compensation for seasonal workers due to Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310649

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Date submitted 12 May 2020
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