Employer consent to voluntary termination does not create statutory severance if employee seeks early exit due to personal reasons.

The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal against a labor court ruling awarding severance pay to an employee. The employee, not originally slated for redundancy, requested early termination of his contract for personal reasons, and the employer agreed to this request. The court held that the employer's consent to terminate the contract under the collective agreement's voluntary termination clause did not constitute a valid agreement under the specific statutory provisions for severance pay. Consequently, the employee could not claim the statutory compensation because the termination was not based on the grounds required by the relevant labor law article.