Quote Originally Posted by World's End Stella View Post
So someone wants to retire (not me you understand, I am FAR too young for that, and skint ) but they want the payoff they would get if they were made redundant. In my case, that will be a year's salary.

So what would HR do if the bloke comes to them and says I want to retire but I want a package? If they say no, the bloke can take the piss until they have to get rid of him and pay him anyway, no?
No such thing as retirement any more, age discrimination and all that. There is still 'pensionable age' etc as per current statute and with your pension providers.

A person now has to give notice of their intention to leave, as they would if they were going to a new company.

Your mate could ask of course, but if there is no redundancy situation, the company is highly unlikely to pay out.

Take the piss and it would likely to become a misconduct issue and disciplinary action could be taken. Follow this route and a dismissal with notice could take place but that is likely only to be the notice period (max 12 weeks). Gross misconduct could find them out of a job with fúck all notice.

there is nothing wrong with asking HR or their manager (without prejudice) for a settlement agreement.

From a company perspective...why pay someone to leave?