Validity of fixed-term employment contract clause under Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act

The German Federal Labour Court (BAG) rejected the defendant's revision, thereby upholding the judgment of the Hesse Regional Labour Court and leaving the lower court's ruling in force. The dispute concerned the employee's claim for a fixed-term continuation of employment, specifically challenging the validity of a fixed-term clause in the employment contract. The decisive legal basis involved the provisions of the Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act (TzBfG), where the court evaluated whether the objective reason required to justify a fixed-term contract was present or if the agreement was effectively indefinite due to statutory limits on successive fixed-term contracts.