Supreme Court quashes lower court ruling for failing to apply general law when collective agreement claim is unjustified.

The Supreme Court quashed the lower court's judgment dismissing the plaintiff's claim for a higher statutory severance pay. The plaintiff argued that a collective agreement provided for a 500% severance, but the lower courts incorrectly ruled that the employee was no longer a 'worker' upon reaching retirement age. The Supreme Court held that when a collective agreement claim is unjustified, the court must apply general statutory provisions instead of relying on a superficial linguistic interpretation of the agreement.