Entitlement to statutory severance pay under § 1a Abfindungsgesetz based on age and tenure at dismissal

The Federal Labor Court (BAG) rejected the defendant's revision, thereby upholding the lower court's judgment and ordering the defendant to bear the costs of the appellate proceedings. The dispute concerned a labor law matter where the employer appealed the Hessian Regional Labor Court's decision, but the highest instance found no merit in the appeal. By dismissing the revision, the court confirmed the operative outcome of the prior instance in favor of the plaintiff, maintaining the legal position established below. The decision rests on the court's substantive assessment of the labor law claims, finding that the defendant's arguments did not warrant a reversal under the applicable procedural and material legal standards.