Employment dispute: validity of regional court judgment against employer's revision challenging contractual entitlements

The Federal Labor Court (6th Senate) dismissed the defendant employer’s revision, upholding the Berlin-Brandenburg Regional Labor Court’s judgment and ordering the defendant to bear the costs of the appeal. The dispute concerned a contractual or statutory entitlement where the employee prevailed against the employer’s challenge. The decisive legal basis relied upon by the lower court and upheld by the Federal Court involved the interpretation of German labor law provisions regarding the specific subject matter of the employment relationship, confirming the validity of the Regional Court’s finding in favor of the claimant.