Brussels, 12/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - In its judgment in Case C-499/08 handed down on 12 October, the Court of Justice decided that the Danish provision which deprives workers who, although eligible for an old-age pension from their employer, nonetheless intend to waive their right to such a pension temporarily in order to continue to work to be disproportionate.
Danish law grants a severance allowance to workers who have been employed in the same undertaking for at least 12 years....