Retirement & holiday entitlement

zzzLazyDaisy

Spirit wrote: »

What is the situation for occupational holiday entitlements that are greater than statutory?

The employer can make any provision it likes for holiday entitlement over and above statutory.

getmore4less

getmore4less wrote: »

There are probably still good reasons to ask what the plans are it is not insisting you retire.

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

such as?...

The employer may offer transition support for retirees that needs planning. Many of these plans are 6 month or more.

Occupational pension options and impact of plans.

The employer may want to remind the employee to get the DWP NI certificate if they are planning to defer the state pension.

The employer may want the employee not to retire so gives plenty of time to discuss options that may keep them at work, like offer part time.

probably others those are of the top of my head.

zzzLazyDaisy

The employer may just want to know what his plans are...

ie, is he planning to retire when he starts drawing his state pension, or does he plan to carry on working?

It is not an unreasonable question. Even though there is no longer a compulsory retirement age, the state pension does still kick in at 65 (for men) and many employees do still view this as the day they can leave work and retire. It is not unreasonable for the employer to want to know what the employee's plans are, since, depending on the employee's job, this may have implications for the business - such as the need to advertise and recruit a replacement, if the employee plans to retire at that point.