Disputed employer's cost-sharing obligation for civil revision appeal following plaintiff's victory in employment dispute

The Federal Labour Court dismissed the defendant's revision appeal, thereby upholding the Landesarbeitsgericht Hamm's judgment which favored the plaintiff. The dispute concerned a claim for compensation or reinstatement arising from an employment contract termination, where the plaintiff sought to challenge the validity of the dismissal. In its ruling, the court relied on standard principles of German labour law, specifically assessing the proportionality and social justification of the termination under the Protection Against Dismissal Act, concluding that the lower court's assessment of the employer's operational necessity was legally sound and that the defendant failed to demonstrate a material procedural or substantive error that would warrant overturning the prior decision.