Employment contract: Review of lower court judgment on employee's rights and cost allocation

The Federal Labour Court (BAG) dismissed the cross-appeals of both the plaintiff and the defendant, thereby upholding the Landesarbeitsgericht Baden-Württemberg's judgment of 11 January 2019; the court ordered the parties to bear 72% and 28% of the legal costs respectively, while the defendant remains liable for all costs resulting from its own delay. The dispute concerned an employment law matter arising from a labor contract, with the core issue being the substantive rights and obligations between the employee and employer that were contested in the lower instances. The decision relies on the interpretation of German labor law provisions governing employment relationships and procedural cost allocation, confirming the lower court’s application of these norms to the specific facts of the employment dispute.