This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make it law that all customers must wear masks for close contact services
To make it a legal requirement for customers to wear a mask for any close contact services or the business has the right to refuse service to protect the employees that feel vulnerable in these circumstances
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Continually we have clients claim they are exempt from wearing masks in our salon and we are legally obliged to carry out a service on a customer not wearing a mask in close contact. What about our human rights and the anxiety this causes our staff and other clients within the premises.
This petition was rejected
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In England the indoor sittings in which people must wear a face covering (unless they are exempt) includes premises providing personal care and beauty treatments (hair salons, barbers, nail salons, massage centres, tattoo and piercing parlours): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own
Businesses are already able to refuse service to customers, although if they did so on the basis of a protected characteristic, such as disability, this may constitute unlawful discrimination.
We have published the following related petition, which you might like to sign:
Require people exempt from wearing face coverings to wear a face shield: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555541
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.