Would i get any assistance?

budfly

I have a family member who is 60 and works in heavy manual labour with long hours.Its taking it toll on him and he would like to retire.I know he isnt at retirement age so if he were to quit/retire would he be entitled to any benefits? Surely he cant be the only person in this pedicament.


Thanks in advance oh and he is northern ireland based.No major savings and owns own house and is married

his wife works part time less than 15 hours.he was born nov 1951 her 1953 and lets say for talk sake he isnt looking for another job.

no private pensions

epitome

What does his partner do?
What's his date of birth?
What's partners date of birth?

McKneff

Does he/his wife have any private pensions set up.

oops, sorry, OP says no private pensions, missed that first time round.

Dunroamin

Will he be looking for another, less strenuous, job?

missapril75

Unless something has changed in the last couple of years - I don't think it has in this respect - someone who is 60 can claim Benefits without having to meet any restrictive eligibility conditions other than an assessment of personal allowances and resources.

Doesn't have to be looking for work, "sick", carer, lone parent etc.

Unless it's different in Northern Ireland. I've never come across differences, other than the occasional different name for something.

Partner's earnings may exceed the benefit levels of course.

JSA might be due if claimed but would then have to be available and looking for work

sleepless_saver

He may be entitled to pension credit, if their joint income is low enough. See link for where to claim it http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/pension-service-pension-credit . He is old enough to claim this even though he hasn't reaches state pension age yet, as it works differently for pension credit.


This link will help him work out if he is entitled http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/get-a-pension-credit-estimate .