medical or voluntary pension

up a big hill · Post by **up a big hill** » 14 Mar 2017, 15:41

does anyone know the difference between taking your 65 pension early through medical retirement apposed to voluntary . with the added possibility of the Pension Supplement ,, am 61 at present .. 28 years service ... already asked pensions to give me a break down .. so just a general question.. chhers

Post by **RobertT** » 14 Mar 2017, 20:21

up a big hill wrote:does anyone know the difference between taking your 65 pension early through medical retirement apposed to voluntary . with the added possibility of the Pension Supplement ,, am 61 at present .. 28 years service ... already asked pensions to give me a break down .. so just a general question.. chhers

Assuming your talking about being given ‘ill health retirement with immediate payment of pension’ there is info on the matter in the ‘guide to your ill health benefits’ here: http://www.royalmailpensionplan.co.uk/s ... an/library" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you’re talking about being given ‘ihr with lump sum’ and choosing to take your pension, then the normal reductions would apply.

up a big hill · Post by **up a big hill** » 15 Mar 2017, 04:56

RobertT wrote:
up a big hill wrote:does anyone know the difference between taking your 65 pension early through medical retirement apposed to voluntary . with the added possibility of the Pension Supplement ,, am 61 at present .. 28 years service ... already asked pensions to give me a break down .. so just a general question.. chhers
Assuming your talking about being given ‘ill health retirement with immediate payment of pension’ there is info on the matter in the ‘guide to your ill health benefits’ here: http://www.royalmailpensionplan.co.uk/s ... an/library" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you’re talking about being given ‘ihr with lump sum’ and choosing to take your pension, then the normal reductions would apply.

cheers yep being given ill health