Damages claim for specific sum in employment dispute; liability and quantum of €40 compensation

The Federal Labour Court partially upheld the defendant’s revision, reversing the lower instance judgment to the extent that the plaintiff’s claim for €40.00 net was dismissed, while the remainder of the Landesarbeitsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg judgment stands in force. The dispute concerned a claim for damages or compensation arising from an employment relationship, where the plaintiff sought specific monetary relief that the lower courts had initially awarded. The decisive legal basis involved the assessment of liability and the calculation of damages under German labor law, specifically addressing whether the alleged breach of duty or contract resulted in compensable loss for that specific amount, leading the court to find that the plaintiff failed to prove the damage or the legal entitlement for the disputed €40.00 portion.