Hi there
My husband recently had a severe bleed on his brain as a result of an arterio-venous malformation (AVM) rupturing. The rupture has been linked to stress, and there is a chance that it may reoccur although at the moment his recovery is excellent.
He is a civil servant with a local county council, and is aged 60 with 5 years to go to retirement.
As the stress cannot be removed from the workplace, and the risk of a reoccurrence is very real, our GP has indicated her own belief that he might qualify to be "boarded off" with on-going disability pay provided by the County Council. I cannot imagine that any employer, even the Public Sector, would pay someone who wasn't working if they had no intention of returning but, at the same time, if there is some entitlement, after 35 years of service, my husband would deserve it as much as anyone else. I just don't know if any such option exists and that would be my first question. Certainly I can imagine it would result in a significant reduction in income and it would help us to decide how to proceed if we had an idea of how much his income would drop.
I believe its more likely that she meant early retirement and/or long term illness benefits from Social Welfare. Would anyone have any information on either of these two options, namely:
Thanks to anyone who can help
My husband recently had a severe bleed on his brain as a result of an arterio-venous malformation (AVM) rupturing. The rupture has been linked to stress, and there is a chance that it may reoccur although at the moment his recovery is excellent.
He is a civil servant with a local county council, and is aged 60 with 5 years to go to retirement.
As the stress cannot be removed from the workplace, and the risk of a reoccurrence is very real, our GP has indicated her own belief that he might qualify to be "boarded off" with on-going disability pay provided by the County Council. I cannot imagine that any employer, even the Public Sector, would pay someone who wasn't working if they had no intention of returning but, at the same time, if there is some entitlement, after 35 years of service, my husband would deserve it as much as anyone else. I just don't know if any such option exists and that would be my first question. Certainly I can imagine it would result in a significant reduction in income and it would help us to decide how to proceed if we had an idea of how much his income would drop.
I believe its more likely that she meant early retirement and/or long term illness benefits from Social Welfare. Would anyone have any information on either of these two options, namely:
- Would my husband qualify
- how would we apply
- Any guesstimates on salary loss
Thanks to anyone who can help