Employment contract dispute: validity of contractual provisions and allocation of revision costs

The Federal Labour Court dismissed the plaintiff’s revision, upholding the lower court’s judgment and ordering the plaintiff to bear the costs of the appellate proceedings. The dispute concerned a contractual claim in employment law, specifically challenging the validity or interpretation of an employment agreement. The decisive legal basis involved the interpretation of individual employment contracts under German civil law, with the court affirming that the specific contractual provisions at issue were valid and binding, thereby rejecting the plaintiff’s attempt to alter the established contractual relationship.