Validity of employment termination and enforcement of lower labor court judgment in revision proceedings

The Federal Labour Court (3rd Senate) dismissed the defendant-employer's revision, upholding the Landesarbeitsgericht Köln's judgment from 3 April 2008 and ordering the defendant to bear the costs of the revision proceedings. The dispute concerned the termination of an employment relationship, where the employer’s appeal against the lower court’s decision was unsuccessful. The court affirmed the lower instance’s judgment based on the substantive labour law principles governing the validity of the employment contract termination and the applicable statutory protections for the employee.