Dismissal of revision challenging entitlement and calculation of severance payments under collective agreement and social plan provisions

The Federal Labor Court (BAG) dismissed the defendant’s revision, upholding the Landesarbeitsgericht Düsseldorf’s judgment of June 5, 2024, and ordering the defendant to bear the costs of the appellate proceedings, thereby leaving the lower court’s decision in force. The dispute concerned a social plan or severance payment claim, where the defendant challenged the first-instance finding on the validity or calculation of entitlements under collective agreement or statutory provisions. The decisive legal basis involved the interpretation of collective labor law norms and the statutory framework for social compensation claims (Section 1a of the Persons Displacement Act or corresponding collective agreements), affirming that the plaintiff’s entitlement was correctly established against the defendant’s objection.