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To: Government
Financial help for parents forced to take unpaid leave due to self isolation and school closures
Provide financial assistance to parents who cannot source childcare due to lockdown restrictions and are therefore forced to take unpaid leave from work to stay home with their child/children.
Also parents who have to self isolate because their child has come into contact with someone who’s tested positive. No one is obliged to pay for this, not the companies or the government. This needs to change.
Why is this important?
This is something that is going to affect many families during this lockdown period, granted the schools are open for key worker children but for many this isn’t the case. Not everyone can work from home and as companies are not obliged to pay anyone who needs to take leave to care for their child I believe the government have neglected to consider the financial impact this will have on those that are forced to take unpaid leave to care for their children at home. Who can actually afford unpaid leave? There are no benefits available for people who are employed but earning nothing due to this situation.
The same goes for those having to self isolate as their child has come into contact with someone who’s tested positive, there is no financial assistance for this anywhere. The £500 from the local authority does not cover children.
How it will be delivered
Electronically
