Validity of dismissal of the plaintiff’s employment

BAG 6 AZR 759/11Bag / Division 6Dec 13, 2012Modified

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The plaintiff appealed a labour-law dismissal judgment concerning a termination dated 24 December 2009. The Federal Labour Court set aside the appellate judgment insofar as it had rejected the appeal against defendant 1 and amended the first-instance judgment to declare that the employment relationship with defendant 1 was not terminated by the dismissal. Costs were allocated between the parties for the lower instances, while defendant 1 had to bear the costs of the revision; defendant 3’s out-of-court costs were charged to the plaintiff. The decision contains no substantive reasoning because the parties waived findings of fact and reasons under § 313a ZPO.

Omnilex headnote

§ 313a ZPO; waiver of findings of fact and reasons; appeal against dismissal judgment. Where the parties waive the statement of facts and reasons, the judgment contains no substantive grounds. In revision, the Federal Labour Court may set aside the appellate judgment and amend the first-instance judgment if the dismissal is found not to have terminated the employment relationship. Cost allocation follows the respective degree of success in the proceedings; a respondent’s extra-judicial costs may be charged to the losing party, and revision costs may be imposed on the unsuccessful respondent.

Full text

BAG — 6 AZR 759/11, Urteil

Entscheidungsdatum: 2012-12-13

Aktenzeichen: 6 AZR 759/11

Dokumenttyp: Urteil

Vorinstanz: vorgehend ArbG Frankfurt, 10. November 2010, Az: 2 Ca 385/10, Urteilvorgehend Hessisches Landesarbeitsgericht, 25. Juli 2011, Az: 17 Sa 124/11, Urteil

Spruchkörper: 6. Senat

Tenor

  1. Auf die Revision des Klägers wird das Urteil des Hessischen Landesarbeitsgerichts vom 25. Juli 2011 - 17 Sa 124/11 - aufgehoben, soweit es die Berufung des Klägers betreffend die Beklagte zu 1. zurückgewiesen hat.

  2. Auf die Berufung des Klägers wird das Urteil des Arbeitsgerichts Frankfurt am Main vom 10. November 2010 - 2 Ca 385/10 - teilweise abgeändert:

Es wird festgestellt, dass das Arbeitsverhältnis zwischen dem Kläger und der Beklagten zu 1. durch die Kündigung vom 24. Dezember 2009 nicht aufgelöst worden ist.

  1. Die Gerichtskosten und die außergerichtlichen Kosten des Klägers in erster Instanz hat der Kläger zu 2/5 und die Beklagte zu 1. zu 3/5, in zweiter Instanz der Kläger zu 1/4 und die Beklagte zu 1. zu 3/4 zu tragen. Die außergerichtlichen Kosten der Beklagten zu 3. in erster und zweiter Instanz hat der Kläger zu tragen. Die Beklagte zu 1. trägt ihre außergerichtlichen Kosten erster und zweiter Instanz selbst.

  2. Die Beklagte zu 1. hat die Kosten der Revision zu tragen.

Sonstige Leitsätze

1

Die Parteien haben auf Tatbestand und Entscheidungsgründe verzichtet (§ 313a ZPO) .

FischermeierGallnerSpelge
SchäferkordReiner Koch

Keywords

dismissalemployment relationshiprevisioncost allocationwaiver of reasons

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Key legal question

Whether the employment relationship between the plaintiff and defendant 1 was terminated by the dismissal of 2009-12-24.

Extracted holding

No. The employment relationship was not dissolved by that dismissal.

Extracted reasoning

The Federal Labour Court upheld the plaintiff’s challenge and amended the first-instance judgment accordingly; the written decision contains no further reasons because the parties waived the statement of facts and reasons under § 313a ZPO.

Key legal question

Allocation of costs in the first, second, and revision instances.

Extracted holding

Costs were apportioned between the plaintiff and defendant 1 in the first two instances; defendant 1 bears the costs of the revision. Defendant 3’s out-of-court costs were borne by the plaintiff.

Extracted reasoning

Costs followed the partial success of the parties in the litigation and the outcome in revision.

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