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Redundancy at 55 - missed early pension

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  • Great news! Thanks for coming back to update - I hate it when you never find out the outcome...!
  • BobQ
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    KennyScout wrote: »
    Just an update and thanks to you all for your help. We raised a complaint with the company with the support of union (opening an EC) stating no contractual basis for PILON, and requested that the leave be corrected, and we were happy to hear that the company has agreed and corrected the leave date with the pension company! A great result for us!

    Glad it worked out

    Maybe those who said the union was useless might want to rethink their position.:)
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  • atush
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    Well, yes. They did their jobs NOW even though they fell down on it the first time.
  • BobQ
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    atush wrote: »
    Well, yes. They did their jobs NOW even though they fell down on it the first time.

    Fair point but we do not know what question they were asked.

    I spend six months working in a local government building two years ago. I sat next to a union pension rep. Every so often he would get a visit from one of his members and it was quite revealing how little people knew about their pension. Of course compared to the private sector, people with DB schemes have been able to "ignore" their pensions
    Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
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