Rejected petition: Require Companies to notify candidates of their application status
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Make it a legal requirement for companies to inform candidates that they haven't gotten through the application stage or that haven't received a position after an interview within a reasonable time period.
Thousands of people that apply for jobs in this country are getting no response about their job applications. Majority of those who get a response don't even get feedback or the opportunity to get feedback.
In Ontario Canada, a new law is coming January 1st 2026 to make it a legal requirement for companies with 25 or more staff to inform candidates whether the position they applied for has been filled within 45 days of the last interview.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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This is a duplicate of this open petition (below):
Require employers to send responses to all job applications: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742375
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