Key legal question
Whether the social plan clause in the dismissal notice had to be interpreted as offering Plan 65 or Plan 63.
Extracted holding
The notice, read according to trust principles, promised application of the social plan as it applied to the employee’s former employer; Plan 65 applied.
Extracted reasoning
The reference to the social plan would be pointless if the recipient could not rely on it. The wording contained no effective reservation, and the plan text differentiated by employer/pension fund affiliation, not by ordinary retirement age. Any alleged background understanding or supposed overcompensation could not override the wording.