Business transfer: Effect of delayed objection on forfeiture of right to challenge employment terms

The Federal Labor Court dismissed the plaintiff's appeal, upholding the lower court's judgment and ordering the plaintiff to bear the revision costs. The dispute concerned a business transfer and whether the employee's failure to file a timely objection had resulted in the preclusion of their right to contest the new employer's terms, a defense based on the doctrine of forfeiture (Verwirkung) of rights. The court affirmed that the delay in opposing the transfer rendered the claim time-barred, thereby resolving the challenge to the continuity of employment conditions under the transferred legal relationship.