Health Assessment DWP and employment

I am employed and had to make claim for UC due to fact my pay went from half pay to NIL pay. I am currently going through Ill health medical retirement via work.
I had to submit a UC50 and have a telephone call assessment in 2 weeks.
Need advice as work stating I'm in breach of contract if DWP making me go for Health assessment , DWP saying I've got to attend or they will sanction me .I only recieve UC money and NIL from work.
Work saying DWP assessment detrimental to my ill health outcome , and DWP not understanding my situation despite lots of evidence .
So I'm on paper still employed and in breach if DWP telephone says I'm fit for work . I've got PTSD work related.
Can anybody guide or advice me what to do.Thank you in advance.

This really sounds like you need specialist advice. If you get ill health medical retirement would you then be paid under that? If you will be paid something when you have to take the medical retirement maybe there is a risk it would not be paid if UC find you are fit for work - so your work might be concerned about that? How long will it be till your medical retirement comes through - would it be backdated? Can you manage until then or is it still a long time away? When you get advice you would need someone to look at the specific terms and conditions of your employment and the medical retirement aspect, so I would be careful that you get someone suitably qualified.
This forum is really about the benefits side and to claim UC and say you are not fit for work, they do require an assessment even if you think it is obvious you are not fit for work. I guess if you go for the assessment it is therefore a risk.
If your work are pressing you not to have the assessment maybe you can negotiate with them to advance any of the medical retirement money and you agree to repay it when it comes through? Its the sort of stuff employment lawyers deal with but I guess you can try ACAS and see what they say.

I would chat to your union and your pension fund, also read up on any employment policies in your place of work. Your employer cannot expect you to live on fresh air and is being totally unreasonable. Each ‘ill health retirement’ policy is decided by your pension fund. Maybe make that your first call. One of mine was ‘refused’ even though I hadn’t been able to work for several years. Read. Read. Read.

www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/pensions-and-r...irement?source=tpas#

Well worth a read.