Dismissal of state's revision in labor dispute against public employee

The Federal Labor Court (BAG) dismissed the appeal of the defendant state against the Berlin-Brandenburg Regional Labor Court's judgment of February 20, 2013, thereby upholding the lower court’s decision in favor of the plaintiff and ordering the defendant state to bear the costs of the appeal. The dispute, decided under case no. 9 AZR 400/13, concerned a labor law matter challenging the state’s position in a suit against a public employee, where the plaintiff successfully asserted their rights in the prior instance. The final operative outcome confirms the validity of the Regional Labor Court’s ruling, establishing that the defendant’s legal arguments on revision did not merit alteration of the lower court’s assessment regarding the specific employment or administrative law issues presented.