sorry I posted a new thread as I thought it being about the leaving date was a totally different question. No outcomes with anything, The company have said that they want him to hand in everything and sign leaving paperwork before his leaving date this month that's nothing to do with applying for the pension (that's seperate). He cant be applying for the pension he is appealing against the decision to dismiss I have previously worked in HR ( many years ago) and unless things have totally changed the leaving paperwork was the final paperwork and you only then took away company property, uniform pay up outstanding Holiday pay, which they are already saying would be paid next month. I can't actually see why they are doing this as decision to dismiss is currently supposed to be undecided for further information VERY worried about signing stuff as the terms of the company pension do state you have to be in employment at the time of applying , and their decision to extend the leaving date without pay but then still ask for the final paperwork to be done before any hearing about the appeal is very worrying. I suspect this is all now a ploy for him to fold and drop the appeal. The latest is he had co doctor appointment this week, the referral the company sent to him was the version we had not agreed to be sent, and was not the one they sent to us! The Doctor was actually not very happy with it either! At present the Doctor will not release the information to them untill that is resolved, I e-mailed the person that sent it no reply from them and the next day was contacted by the manager that chaired the meeting saying we have to sort the questions to be asked like we have not agreed them so yet another week wasted. new update he has just come off the phone to Acas they don't seem to be able to help with any information about this leaving date and if he should sign this paperwork but they are saying that the deadline for the tribunal route is 3 months from the date of being dismissed, I understood it to be the date he leaves the company ( the date at the end of this month) this could be very important.

I dont know anything definate to help you but my Daughter was awarded lifteime DLA that has now changed and gone to PIP and she has been changed over ok, but this is no longer a lifetime award and will have to be renewed. Other people I know have not been awarded anything and lost all their claim. I do know people that have had to renew DLA every I think it was every 2 years and they are pretty seriously disabled on conditions that will only get worse and not better, you need to cross your fingers and renew if you are still on DLA you shouldnt have the troubles that people are having with the pip, I think the DLA renewal was more a formality I dont know any one that was took off it when they renewed, and thats probably where all the problems come from I definatley know people that should have never been awarded the claim, but with the new changes people that should get it now don't meet the criteria which is disgusting.

Hubby has been dismissed by his employer 12 weeks notice, leaving date very near, he appealed the company seem to have deliberately delayed the entire process, took 6 weeks to get a appeal hearing now they are undecided and wanted further information, now after managing to delay getting this for as long as they could they have not yet even requested this information and it is doubtful they will even get this back within a month so think the hearing may be mid January. are keeping normal dismissal date have extended the leaving date for a month saying last working day will be extended to..... but will be without pay. so the only favour they have done him there will be he cant claim contribution based job seekers. They still want him to sign off paperwork hand in and company phone etc at the end of this month surely this isnt right? especially with all the phone calls that are going to the union at the minute. they haven't extended anything at all¬! I will just add it is not him delaying anything it has been the company Does any one know where he stands with this

Thankyou for that any advice if we should do this now or wait until after the decision hearing, even though we know what the outcome is going to be lol

Thank you for the advice, the problem is the time factor since the appeal hearing they have already said he can get the IHP this is on hold untill the outcome of the appeal, they have delayed everything. His company leaving date ( this month)is before the appeal hearing date not even set yet they just said hopefully January this will mean the pension will go to a deferred pension which will mean a lot less.The company have now stated this. He has asked several times about this and was always told it wouldnt be affected I have asked the union rep as well because I know the terms state you have to be in current employment with the company to be able to claim.It was only friday they have now stated that it will be deferred as he leaves before they will be getting any hearing set up Is there any guidelines for this statutory questionnaire you mentioned?

Help desperatly needed, sorry this will be a long one. and I cant put in specific details. Hubby has a disability dx 5 years ago that is covered by the equality act, he has been employed by same company for 18 years, no more time off than any other employee and less than some! He was doing his job perfectly ok and the only adaption he has was that he worked a fixed shift, and the other 2 guys sorted out the other shifts between what they preferred. Earlier in the year the company literally decided they didn't want him to go to the new plant that was due to open and set about fabricating stuff to get rid of him. We know why they did this, they looked at him not doing overtime and assumed he would not manage longer hours but no one actually asked him. There is a huge difference with taking out rest time at weekends for overtime as it is to do extra hours and have more days off, infact the new shift system would be better for him! The first he knew of this was a letter into this consultant whom they had never contacted previously and would only take the word of their own company doctor. Hubby was contacted by consultant with his answers before sending them into the company, He asked to be sent the questions that had been asked and found it very carefully worded for the company to get the answers they required but what they were stating was not the truth either about him or the actual job. As this delayed geting the letter sent back from the consultant, OH was sent to site to " have a chat about this letter to consultant" onsite she did an assesment that was nothing to do with his job role and as not even onsite and took him off the job and was given a different job, then they went through managing employees with ongoing sickness procedures, Was sent to the company doctor with even more lies about the job role conclusion was that he was unable to do the job with a huge emphasis on not being able to climb all the ladders ( which is not required for the job ! ) He was dismissed on grounds capability to do his job, There was a huge emphasis in that meeting on him not being able to do the hours and they couldn't make any changes to the hours, even though he had never asked for any changes. He was told to apply for ill health pension he queried applying for pension as he was appealing the decision, told to apply. Then had the appeal hearing so the IHP is now on hold untill after the hearing, and the company are now saying the decision is undecided so they wanted to contact the company doctor and his consultant again with questions he complied as he said they first ones were engineered. The company have now delayed this for so long He agrees questions they then e mail back and change something else. Mainly slotting in the adjustment that they refused at the final stage meeting which they have no right to do so its all highlighted and sent back and then they return it with another change. I have 27 printed a4 pages just of the e mail communication about the questions, and its now not his questions being asked at all as they have changed them and the bigest blow is the letter to the consultant is almost exactly the same as the first one. They can now no longer do anything before his leaving date and have now found out that the pittance of a ILP will now be reduced as he will no longer be in employment with the company when he applies after the hearing can any one help with any advice He is supposed to be seeing the company doctor again next week and I am not very happy with that and think this is another ploy to stop the pension payment. He has phoned acas who just said that a company that size should be able to find him an alternative job, hes also been to citizens advice, sent to disability advice who cant help and just said get a lawyer, we cant afford one and the union lawyer wont get involved until after the procedures have all been followed, another disabled advise in a different town also cant help I am at the edge of my tether and this is making his condition far worse. what is the point of having disabled laws when there is no one there to help when they are not obeyed! any input gratefully appreciated

I found this post whilst looking for info regarding my hubbys disability discrimination troubles, re the last post telling you to speak to a lawyer, your union should have one, we have gone through the have been dismissed under grounds of capability then appealed and now on a undecided ( which only means company are now trying to cover their own backs)and we still haven't got as far as a lawyer with the union, Push getting help from them as soon as you can. If your qualify as a disability ( and there are some strange rules ) check here Under the equality act which has replaced the disability discrimination act your company is obliged to make reasonable adjustmets the only trouble with this is getting some one to fight their actions as I am finding out. Search google definition of disability under equality act 2010 its a gov.uk webistes I cant post the link

He is the registered keeper, has been since around last April, never had anything from DVLA More problems now hes paid the clampers the release fee and sureity fee, had a week off his day job to work all out to get the vehicle back on the road as it was cheaper to do than lose the 160 quid sureity. The tax has been took into local dvla office for proof the vehicle has been taxed. A letter of appeal along with photos of the drive way and garages has been sent off to the dvla. Today he has go ANOTHER fine £291 it says it relates to a section 29 offence using / keeping a vehicle and is listed as being on the road where he lives, the vehicle was NOT on the road and is in the private garages I cant find any info about this section 29 any one knows exactly what it is

We have photocopies of origional lic, had seen on other forums about hassles with dvla not adding correct groups ( normally seemed to be the motorbike group) but the hassles we had with them are far greater than a group missing. The problem is our local dvla office has told us nothing can be done about it they know there is a problem but cant fix it!

My husband had to inform dvla of a medical condition ( MS ) thats been one nightmare after another, firstly while the lic was away he was entitled to drive everything as the last issued lic, then he got his lic back and they had set everything on it to provisional he phoned then up and it had to go back again this time again he was only entitled to drive as the last issued lic so that meant he couldnt drive anyything, this took a total of 6 months to get sorted out then eventually his licence came back the pink lic is now correct BUT the counterpart shows his towing groups and the 7.5 ton as provisional and shouldnt be. He went into our local DVLA office and he was told that their is a fault on their system they know it is but cant do anything about it. He actually drives the 7.5 ton for work daily and asked a traffic cop parked in a lay by to run a check on him ( and explained why) and they told him he is fine so the records must be correct at dvla but our paper counterpart is wrong. Any ideas how we can actually get the correct counterpart, his job is very unsafe at the minute and I cant see the counterpart he has got being a lot of good to show a potential employer!

Hi all need some advice this morning my friends van was clamped by dvla ( well company working for dvla) He bought it last April and he sent in sorn the following day. now he cant find a confirmation letter for it, he is a trader and has a large amount of cars go through his possession every year. He has received no automatic fine which surely he would have done in 10 months if the dvla didnt have the vehicle sorned. Also had similar problems with my sons bike after he sent in a sorn but he received the Automatic fine around 2 months after the tax ran out! Any way my friends van was parked in a row of private garages which you get to by a shared unmade drive thats behind a row of terraced houses, the majority of the garages are owned by residents of the road. The van is a major renovation jobbie and its very doubtful that it will be possible to get it mot and taxed within the 14 day deadline to get the deposit back. He has asked me to do an appeal letter, the only information I have found about it is you have to pay the release fee first then appeal and I cant find who you actually appeal to on the dvla website, getting really fed up with all the dvla hassles our family are having at the minute, my son sent several recorded letters to the dvla about his fine and never got one reply and ended up just paying the £80 fine to stop it going further but people shouldnt just have to be forking out extra money for their inability to keep their records correct. Any suggestions on this one please