Quote Originally Posted by IUFG View Post
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?
He might threaten to shít on the floor of the MD's bog. What are they going to do? They can't prove it's his shíte.

Think on, i. I think you've displayed a worrying naiveté here.

In other news, your advice re Peterborough pubs was well received; now onto grub. Can you recommend a fine hostelry serving the spicy food of the sub-continent?