Inadmissibility of appeal challenging public service base salary classification under BAT pay group II a

The Federal Labour Court affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s appeal as inadmissible regarding the claim for back pay, thereby upholding the lower courts’ rulings and leaving the plaintiff without the requested remedy. The dispute concerned a civil servant’s entitlement to base salary (Grundvergütung) under pay group II a of the Federal Employment Collective Agreement (BAT) for the period from August 2008 to December 2009. The court’s decision hinged on procedural inadmissibility in the appellate instance, resulting in the plaintiff bearing the costs of both the appeal and the revision, while the substantive claim for payment remained effectively denied or unresolved to her detriment due to procedural failure.