This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Extend the Furlough Scheme to Early Years Settings which opened November 2020
Allow Early Years Settings that opened in November 2020 and submitted real time submissions for Payee to claim Furlough
Those at high risk are financially dependent on the furlough scheme and risk losing their jobs despite being valuable Key Workers
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To stabilise jobs for Early Years Educators risking their lives to look after children during the Pandemic in this 3rd national lockdown and help new nurseries stay open with grants to help with overall running costs.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is available to employers, including early years settings, that cannot maintain their workforce because their operations have been affected by coronavirus, although the Government's guidance for the scheme states that if businesses have staff costs that are publicly funded (even if the employer is not in the public sector), they should use that money to continue paying staff, and not furlough them.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Early years - support the sector, fund Covid costs and provide regular testing: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/567756
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