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The Federal Labour Court (''Bundesarbeitsgericht'') is the court of the last resort for cases of labour law in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, both for individual labour law (mostly concerning

contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tr ...

s of employment) and collective labour law (e.g. cases concerning strikes and

collective bargaining Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers. The ...

). 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

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

External links

* Erfurt

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