I'm off work at the moment due to back and leg pain..23 years

Thank you. This will unlikely qualify as a redundancy situation because for that to happen you must meet the legal criteria for redundancy, which is one of the following: 1. Business closure – where the whole of the employer’s business is closed2. Workplace closure – closure or relocation of one or more sites3. Reduced requirement for employees to carry out work of a particular kind It does not appear that by you simply being off, you would meet the criteria for redundancy – the first two obviously would not apply and the last one would require the employer to no longer have the need for you to do the job you were employed to do, so in effect they need to remove the role. What you are looking at instead is to try and ask for early retirement on grounds of ill health. You can make that request with the employer so that they consider it. Unfortunately you will not be due any redundancy pay in the circumstances as this is not a redundancy as explained above. This is your basic legal position. I have more detailed advice for you in terms of the options open to you should they refuse your request to early retirement, which I wish to discuss so please take a second to leave a positive rating for the service so far (by selecting 3, 4 or 5 stars) and I can continue with that and answer any further questions you may have. Don’t worry, there I no extra cost and leaving a rating will not close the question and we can continue this discussion. Thank you