Extracts:
All employees have a right to ask their employer to make reasonable adjustments to ensure they are not disadvantaged at work due to a medical condition or disability.
And if these adjustments make it possible to continue working, taking early retirement is not going to be an option.
However, there are situations where adjustments are far more difficult to make – in which case taking a pension earlier than anticipated is an option that may need to be considered.
Ill health retirement – also known as being ‘medically retired’ – is when you draw your pension before the age of 55 (or the scheme’s ordinary retirement date) due to ongoing ill health or disability.
To be successful a decision will normally be based on the fact that you can no longer continue to work in your normal job, or one that seriously reduces your earning potential…
When it comes to decisions about early retirement on the grounds of permanent ill health in ME/CFS this can be a fairly straightforward process. However, for some people it soon becomes clear that all kinds of hurdles are being erected in order to delay making an early payment.
