This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Create a national bank holiday for key workers only!
Create a bank holiday or day in Lieu for emergency services and care workers for those who carried on working through lockdown
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Posties and courier services had a massive increase in workload! Police had more domestic violence to deal with. NHS well they're all angels end of!
We realise all key workers cannot have the same day off! I'm thinking early October btw. But If those key workers who are vital for that day can get a day in Lieu that would be gratfying as they deserve it!
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 Government is responsible for deciding what days are bank holidays, but employers are not obliged to give workers bank holidays off work. The Government is also not responsible for the terms of conditions for most key workers.
The Government sets terms and conditions for workers employed directly by the Government, but the terms and conditions of workers employed by other public agencies, or employed in the private sector, are a matter for individual employers, not the Government or House of Commons.
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