Supreme Court allows early pension for employee dismissed by employer with intent to close workplace.

The Supreme Court dismissed the Social Insurance Institution's cassation appeal, upholding the lower court's decision to grant early retirement to the claimant. The claimant was dismissed by her employer on November 30, 1997, citing economic reasons and the intent to liquidate the laundry point, despite the physical closure occurring months later in April 1998. The court ruled that the employer's intent to close the workplace at the time of dismissal, even if re-hired for two months, satisfied the statutory requirements for early retirement under the relevant regulation.