Günther Bott

Günther Bott (born January 20, 1944 in Leslau in the then annexed Reichsgau Wartheland in Poland ) is a German lawyer and former judge at the Federal Labor Court .

Life

Günther Bott came with his parents after World War II to Borken in North Hesse , where his father worked as an engine driver was involved. He completed his education in 1963 with the Abitur at the King Henry School in Fritzlar and then studied at the University of Marburg jurisprudence , followed by the clerkship in the district of the District Court of Kassel . In December 1971 he completed his legal training with the Second State Examination .

In May of the following year he began his judicial work in the North Rhine-Westphalian labor court . He worked at the labor courts in Münster , Hamm and Rheine . In October 1979 he became director of the Rheine Labor Court. After he was seconded to the Hamm regional labor court , Bott became the presiding judge at the regional labor court there in June 1982 .

On April 21, 1994 Bott was appointed judge at the Federal Labor Court. He was a member of the 4th Senate of the court, from 1999 as its deputy chairman. During his work at the Federal Labor Court, he particularly influenced the case law of the highest court on collective bargaining and classification law as well as the integration of this area of ​​law into the system of collective labor law in the new federal states. Bott was also a member of the judges' council and a member of the board of directors of the Association of Judges of the Federal Labor Court, as well as chairman of arbitration boards and collective bargaining boards.

As an author, he also commented on legal policy and dogmatic issues outside of labor law. He was the editor of a hand-held commentary on the new Works Constitution Act and co-editor of a commentary on labor court proceedings and the ninth book of the Social Security Code as well as a collection of decisions on the law of temporary employment .

At the end of January 31, 2009, Bott retired. He lives in Melsungen with his wife .

Web links

• Press release no. 13/09 of the Federal Labor Court on entering retirement