The Supreme Court accepts the payment of less severance pay to those over 60 years of age

• Díaz reopens the severance pay debate: "It's too cheap for companies"

The Supreme Court

for a

to agree with its workers

, conditions that it considers "reasonable and proportionate" since employees of that age are

This is confirmed in a sentence dated January 24, to which EL MUNDO has had access, in which

against the April 2021 ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha, which sided with Elcogás, Endesa Generación, Enel Spa, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, Électricité de France Internacional and Iberdrola Generación, on the dismissal, according to EFE.

This Court considered that treating employees differently based on their age

in the unequal situation in which some workers are left after the termination of their employment contracts", an argument supported by the Supreme Court.

In addition, the Social Chamber highlights, the agreement establishes for all those affected a

for 20 days per year of service, distinguishing between those under 60 years of age and those who are older, as well as security measures. relocation.

For those

, compensation corresponding to unfair dismissal was provided, plus an

when the salary was less than 50,000 euros gross per year;

10,500

euros if it was greater than that figure and less than 100,000 euros, and

it did not exceed 150,000 euros.

Only those whose salaries exceeded this last amount were left without compensation, and

For the Supreme Court, younger workers have "a

they are still far from the retirement pension, and it is objectively more difficult for the social security benefits they may receive in the future to reach up to now access to that pension", explains the sentence.

For this reason, "the

required of those who are in one age group or another is

and

," the text adds.

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