how does medical retirement work?

Question

i have worked for the same company for 19 years and over the last 2 years i keep having recuring problems with a knee injury. this causes me to go sick for a couple of weeks at a time. i had small operation 12 months ago but have been told i need further surgery and am now in the hands of nhs for time scale as to when operation will take place. i am only 36 years old. my company has a crazy absence preceedure, does anybody know the criteria for medical retirement and what payments you get? i have also paid into this companys pension scheme for 19 years? is this frozen if i meet the criteria for medical retirement? please advise, any help is much apprieciated.

Answer 1

my boyfriend is medically retired the thing is he has to go to regular check ups that social services send him you are never definatly medically retired unless you have something terminal ie cancer,
speak to your doctor and citizens advice social services will not tell you what your entitled to you have to find it out yourself but its not just a matter of one form i have to read and sign loads for him every year for renewal even though the doctor has told them he will never recover

he has
transient global amnesia (type of epilepsy)
blind in his right eye
plus loadsa other things he looks fine but its all inside the damage

makes you mad when you see people getting £25,000 per year for a back injury and them their on the roof re-slating it

Answer 2

Depends on the size of the Company and what Insurance they carry.

A friend at a large international Company was medically retired at 46 when it was obvious he would never be well enough to come back to work. He get 2/3rds salary for life.

Another friend at a medium company had to go to court after they let him split the discs in his back trying to hold up a heavy create that the fork lift dropped. After 5 years he was still getting 'Government minimum' sick pay and they were still trying to insist he was OK to carry on working (he was in a wheelchair for gods sake).

Finally a woodworking mate at a 3 man shop broke his wrist. They fired him the same day - his Solicitor said he was wasting his time = they had no assets & would simply go bankrupt rather than pay. He's on Medical Benefits.

Answer 3

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