been told i will be getting IHR

[newpostie]

I had an appointment with my area manager last week and he told me I will be getting IHR! I currently have arthiritis in my foot and in my best interests for IHR which to be fair am okay with! Anyways I'm only on a 25 hour contract and I was wondering how much would I be expecting? Also I have only been in the business 3 and half years! And how long does it normally take to come through? Any help would be great!

[stokes11eg]

Sorry to hear of your illness. The quickest and best way to get the information you need, is to log on to the Unions website, and look under IHR. It's impossible to give an accurate estimate of how much you would get, as individual things come into play, so what one person might get is different from another. Once you have agreed to IHR things are supposed to move at a fairly quick pace, good luck.

[fishtank]

I take it it's the lump sum they are offering newpostie.

12.3 Retirement on Ill Health Grounds with Lump Sum Payment

Where an employee has at least one year’s service and meets the criteria for retirement on ill health grounds with a lump sum compensation payment, a payment equivalent to 34 weeks’ pay will be made.

12.7 Calculation and Payment of Lump Sum Payments

The pay to be used for calculating lump sum payments is the basic weekly or monthly wage/salary of the individual’s grade (i.e. the rate of pay that they would have been in receipt of but for sickness absence or leave purchase arrangements) on the date of retirement plus any personal reserved rights payment and geographical supplement (e.g. London/RRIS) where applicable. No other elements of ‘pay’ should be included. Confirmation of inclusive elements within basic pay is available from HR Services.

Employees who are ill health retired with a lump sum will receive the payments within seven days of the end of the notice period irrespective of any appeal that may be lodged, unless they opt to defer receipt pending an appeal. If they receive the money in advance of an appeal, they will be informed at the time of payment that they will be required to pay back the lump sum, in the event that the appeal is successful and they are subsequently re-employed or gain ill health retirement with immediate payment of pension.