levy.shane
Junior Member
Hi there,
I am writing from the uk and was basically wondering something. My father has been dismissed for gross misconduct (he was stitched up by a couple of managers which have stuck together to get rid of him basically, sadly we cant prove that so we dont have a case for unfair dismissal) but my question is about his pension. He has paid into a pension for 36.5 years and recently the company has been letting employers take their pension out as the pension fund is struggling. Upon the investigation kicking off my dad enquired into taking his pension fun out and taking a lump sum payoff. He was told that he could and even if he was dismissed he could take it. This was never put in writing but on 4 separate occasions my father phoned up and they confirmed he will still get it with the most recent being after the actual dismissal. If they were to turn round now and say he cant take it, is there anything we can do as my parents need that money to pay the mortgage etc?
Kind regards,
Shane
I am writing from the uk and was basically wondering something. My father has been dismissed for gross misconduct (he was stitched up by a couple of managers which have stuck together to get rid of him basically, sadly we cant prove that so we dont have a case for unfair dismissal) but my question is about his pension. He has paid into a pension for 36.5 years and recently the company has been letting employers take their pension out as the pension fund is struggling. Upon the investigation kicking off my dad enquired into taking his pension fun out and taking a lump sum payoff. He was told that he could and even if he was dismissed he could take it. This was never put in writing but on 4 separate occasions my father phoned up and they confirmed he will still get it with the most recent being after the actual dismissal. If they were to turn round now and say he cant take it, is there anything we can do as my parents need that money to pay the mortgage etc?
Kind regards,
Shane
