Question juridique clé
Whether the pension fund lump sum qualifies as an old-age benefit deductible from unemployment insurance benefits.
Solution extraite
Yes. The old-age capital was an old-age benefit and had to be offset against unemployment compensation.
Motifs extraits
Old-age benefits from occupational pension schemes are deducted from unemployment benefits whether paid as a pension or lump sum. The insured had reached the reglementary age for early retirement, so the old-age contingency had occurred; a vested-benefit event could no longer arise, even though the money was transferred to a vested-benefits account and the insured said he wanted to keep it for later buy-in.