Meeting with your senior manager about ill health retirement
Normally (unless fast track process) you will be invited to a meeting with your senior manager (this may be a manager more senior to your line manager) to discuss the outcome of the IHR referral. The meeting is part of the Attendance and Wellbeing Procedure.
You can choose to have the support of a trade union representative or co-worker at this meeting.
If you have a carer, they may also attend to support you but they cannot take an active part in the discussions.
The manager will check that all other relevant options have been fully explored as IHR should be a last resort. This should include:
- a phased return
- reasonable adjustments to the job
- reasonable adjustments to working hours and arrangements
- other reasonable support where available - for example, equipment
- search for alternative employment
The manager will also check with you to ensure that you have provided all the necessary information that you consider relevant.
The manager will then consider all the relevant factors and make the necessary decisions. The decisions will be made in relation to the LGPS regulations only. Managers are unable to make decisions about IHR or the Tiers on purely compassionate grounds.
You will either be informed at the end of the meeting of the decision, or it may be necessary to reconvene if further information is required.
If the decision is to terminate your employment on the basis of ill health, and you qualify for Ill Health Retirement benefits you will either be given notice of termination of employment or, where you have requested IHR, notice does not apply, and a mutual leaving date can be agreed.
Confirmation will be provided in writing.