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ATA/208/1996 ΓÇó Entitlement to full pension assets after dismissal
ATA/208/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative16 avr. 1996Dismissed
An insured employee sought the full old-age savings credited by his employer bank under a pension regulation applicable when service ends for reasons not attributable to the employee. The court held that, although the employer did not invoke fault as the formal ground for dismissal, the termination was nonetheless attributable to the employee. The special regulatory clause therefore did not apply, and the employee could not claim the entire accumulated old-age savings.
Art. 28 LPP; entitlement under a pension regulation linked to termination not attributable to the employee. For the application of such a clause, the decisive criterion is the objective imputability of the end of the employment relationship, not merely the employer’s stated reason for dismissal. Where the termination is attributable to the employee, the exception for economically motivated or otherwise non-attributable dismissals is excluded, even if the employer did not expressly rely on misconduct. The regulatory benefit requiring non-attributable termination must be interpreted restrictively.
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; PREVOYANCE PROFESSIONNELLE; INTERPRETATION(SENS GENERAL); REGLEMENT; LICENCIEMENT ECONOMIQUE; ASSU
Normes
LPP.28
Résumé
Bien que l'employeur du demandeur n'ait pas justifié son licenciement par un comportement fautif, il faut admettre que la fin des rapports de service est imputable à l'employé et qu'il ne peut être mis au bénéfice de la disposition du règlement selon laquelle si la banque met fin aux rapports de service d'un assuré pour des motifs non imputables à l'employé (par ex : restructuration, conséquence d'une récession, etc...), celui-ci a droit à la totalité de l'avoir de vieillesse constitué par la banque.