[1] The Basic Law, which came into force in 1949, provided in Article 96 (1), which corresponds in principle to today's Article 95 (1), for labor jurisdiction as an independent branch of the legal system with its own supreme court.

This constitutional provision was implemented by the Labor Court Act, which entered into force on October 1, 1953, and established the Federal Labor Court.

In 1993, the state capital of Erfurt was determined to be the future seat of the court.

Since the move from Kassel to Erfurt in 1999, the court has been based on the site of the former hornworks of the Petersberg citadel.

Especially since 2020, there has been an increased discussion about the reappraisal of Nazi pasts of former judges and their influence on the jurisprudence of the Federal Labor Court.