Federal Labour Court upholds employer's liability for workplace safety breaches

The Federal Labour Court (BAG) dismissed the defendant’s appeal, upholding the lower court’s judgment and ordering the defendant to bear the costs of the revision proceedings. The dispute concerned a labor law matter where the defendant (employer) challenged the Landesarbeitsgericht Köln’s decision, but the appeals court found no reversible error in the original ruling. The decision stands on the procedural outcome that the lower instance’s judgment is final and binding, with the decisive legal basis resting on the appellate standards for reviewing factual and legal determinations in employment disputes under German civil procedure.