Employment dispute over validity of termination: reversal of lower court judgment in favor of employer

The Federal Labour Court reversed the lower court’s judgment in favor of the employer, dismissing the employee’s claim and ordering the employee to bear the legal costs. The dispute concerned the validity of a prior instance’s ruling on an employment law matter, where the employee (plaintiff) challenged a decision that the employer (defendant) appealed against. The court determined that the employer’s appeal on appeal was meritorious, resulting in the total rejection of the employee’s suit. The decisive legal basis relied upon was the procedural and substantive assessment of the employer’s arguments that warranted the overturning of the intermediate appellate decision, leaving no portion of the employee’s original claims to be upheld.