This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Give fair furlough payments to ALL working members of The UK
Currently, The UK government has allocated large amounts of tax payers money to furloughing certain members of our society. Whilst this is a good decision, certain members of The UK are not allocated anywhere near the same amount of money. i.e. hospitality workers and people caught between jobs.
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Job seekers allowance does not in any way cover the amount of money that these people have lost through this crisis. Furloughed workers are receiving 80%, whereas £400 per month from JSA would be 25% of the money earned from a minimum wage job. FAIR payments for all tax payers, ALL members of our society deserve to be reimbursed equally! At least 80% of previous job earnings for all!!
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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
Consider paying commission and bonus as part or furlough payment: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311380
Include service charge & tips in income paid by Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319317
Pay those who had job offers retracted 80% of the wage they would have earned: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310654
Extend the Job Retention Scheme to UK citizens employed by overseas companies: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312662
Allow companies to furlough their Schedule D workers under the CJRS: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312285
Extend the RTI deadline of 19 March for contractors and employees for the CJRS: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/317231
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