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Voluntary early retire- lose rights to remedy?

LegacyUser · 2010-04-29 10:49:47

If I accept a voluntary retirement package and leave, do I give up my rights of redress? I feel like I'm being forced out by a number of unpleasant incidents, on-going negative situations, no longer clear what my duties are (they keep changing). It's been clear a while, they want me gone. Lately I've been subjected to a…

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29-04-2010 11:49am

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If I accept a voluntary retirement package and leave, do I give up my rights of redress?

I feel like I'm being forced out by a number of unpleasant incidents, on-going negative situations, no longer clear what my duties are (they keep changing).

It's been clear a while, they want me gone. Lately I've been subjected to a number of very upsetting actions and inactions which I have learned were breaking laws (failure to provide reasonable accommodation/take appropriate measures regarding disabilities, harassment, etc).

It's a large company and they have a voluntary early retirement offer on the table. I've a few yrs yet to go before 65, but under the circumstances, it is becoming really horrible to be here and is making me sicker.

I won't be able to get another job. I'm in a construction/design related field, close enough to 65 to make me less marketable, etc. I have arthritis and other disabilities which limit alternatives to my usual job.

If I take the early retirement package, do I just starve on the meager outlay (less than €100 per week) between now and 65? Or will I be entitled to things like rent allowance? I am single, no dependents.

Or should I stick it out here while my physical and mental health continue to deteriorate? And.... how does one proceed through grievance processes when one is supposed to be working??? If stay, I will have to take formal proceedings against them and I really don't want to do that. Nasty business, solicitors, time, energy.....

:-(

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