Supreme Court ruled pre-retirement benefits depend on job loss before unemployment registration, not interim work.

The Supreme Court quashed the appellate court's judgment and remanded the case for a new decision on pre-retirement benefits. The applicant, a former employee, argued that his interim work in public projects disqualified him from benefits, while the Social Insurance Institute contended otherwise. The court held that the statutory condition for job loss must refer to the employment ending before unemployment registration, not the subsequent interim work, to avoid penalizing active job seekers.