Question juridique clé
How should the contractual departure indemnity under Art. VII be interpreted when employment ends after retirement age?
Solution extraite
The clause entitled the employee to the full indemnity based solely on years of service; age or proximity to retirement did not reduce it.
Motifs extraits
Under the trust principle, the contract contained no other exclusion than the three expressly listed cases. The text did not link the indemnity to retirement age or expected pension benefits, so the lower court had no basis to reduce the amount.