The
Federal Labor Court (
Bundesarbeitsgericht) is the
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federal court of appeals for cases of labour law, both individual labour law (mostly concerning
contractIn law, a contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. That is to say, a contract is an exchange of promises for the breach of which the law will provide a remedy....
s of
employmentEmployment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as: "A person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, where the employer has the power or right to control and direct...
) and collective labour law (e.g. cases concerning
strikesStrike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to perform work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became important during the industrial revolution, when mass labour became important in factories and mines...
and
collective bargainingIn organized labor, collective bargaining is the method whereby workers organize together to meet, converse, and negotiate upon the work conditions with their employers normally resulting in a written contract setting forth the wages, hours, and other conditions to be observed for a stipulated...
). The court hears cases from the
Landesarbeitsgerichte (Superior State Labour Courts), which, in turn, are the courts of appeals against decisions of the
Arbeitsgerichte (Inferior State Labour Courts).
The
Bundesarbeitsgericht is located in the city of
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.
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