Where can I get BAG decisions in machine-readable form?

As JSON through the REST API, and through the MCP server directly in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. The address https://klaracase.de/mcp/arbeitsrecht searches only decisions of the labour courts.

Are the regional labour courts included?

Yes, as far as the federal states publish their decisions. 25,000+ decisions in this area come from regional labour courts. The "Courts" table lists the count per court.

What does access cost?

Every call uses credits from your organization's balance, the same one the web app uses. A search costs 1 credit. The table above lists the price per tool. Your first organization receives 30 credits once, valid for 30 days.

How do I connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Add the MCP address on this page as a custom connector. Claude and ChatGPT sign in with OAuth. Cursor and your own agents use an API token. The MCP documentation lists the steps for each client.

Are the case numbers in the answers real?

Every case number Klaracase returns points to a decision in the corpus, with court and date. You can fetch and read the full text at any time. The legal assessment stays with you.

API and MCP

German employment law: court decisions and statutes via API and MCP

The case law of the labour courts, from the Federal Labour Court (BAG) to the regional labour courts, ready for your software and your AI assistant. Dismissal protection, leave and works councils, each with the norms it cites.

Decisions from 1965 to 2026.

https://klaracase.de/mcp/arbeitsrecht

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Built in GermanyBuilt for German law: court decisions, statutes and citations from German sources.

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In the corpus

Decisions: 39,000+
Courts: 3
Statutes: 14
Linked citations: 160,000+

Decisions from 2 September 1965 to 30 September 2026. Measured on 11 October 2026.

Example query

One question, one call, real case numbers

A recorded query from 11 October 2026. Every case number below exists in the corpus, and the excerpts are verbatim.

Question

When is a summary dismissal for working time fraud valid?

Call

search_decisions({
  "query": "Wann ist eine außerordentliche Kündigung wegen Arbeitszeitbetrugs wirksam?",
  "branch": "arbeit"
})

Answer

3 Sa 575/13 · Hessisches Landesarbeitsgericht 3. Kammer · 7 February 2014
das angefochtene Urteil Bezug genommen. 1. Unter Anwendung der vom Bundesarbeitsgericht entwickelten Grund-sätze rechtfertigt das Verhalten des Klägers an sich eine außerordentliche Kündigung und zwar jedenfalls als Verdachtskündigung. Es kann dahinstehen, ob …
7 Sa 141/23 · Landesarbeitsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz 7. Kammer · 24 January 2024
[Landesarbeitsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz 7. Kammer — Urteil vom 24.01.2024 — 7 Sa 141/23 | ECLI:DE:LAGRLP:2024:0124.7SA141.23.00] [Leitsatz] Einzelfallentscheidung zur außerordentlichen Kündigung wegen Arbeitszeitbetrugs.(Rn.73)
8 Sa 48/23 · Landesarbeitsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz 8. Kammer · 19 December 2023
der ersten Stufe ist zu prüfen, ob ein bestimmter Sachverhalt an sich, also ohne die besonderen Umstände des Einzelfalls, geeignet ist, einen wichtigen Grund für eine außerordentliche Kündigung iSv § 626 Abs. 1 BGB abzugeben. …

Use cases

Three ways to use Employment law

Dismissal for illness

Find BAG decisions on dismissal for illness under § 1 KSchG and see which regional labour courts cite them.

Leave and forfeiture

Your agent reads the case law on forfeited leave under § 7 BUrlG in full text, with case number and date.

Works council co-determination

Citation Check matches every BAG case number in your brief on § 87 BetrVG against the corpus.

Connect

Connect to Employment law in a few minutes

This address searches the Employment law area only. Claude.ai and ChatGPT sign in with your account. The other routes use a token.

Claude Code: run the command in a terminal and replace YOUR_TOKEN_HERE with your token.

claude mcp add --transport http klaracase-arbeitsrecht https://klaracase.de/mcp/arbeitsrecht \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"

Claude.ai: add a custom connector and enter this address. You sign in with your account.

https://klaracase.de/mcp/arbeitsrecht

More in the documentation: MCP documentation, REST API documentation

Coverage

What Employment law covers

Decisions by court

Court	Decisions
LAG	25,000+
BAG	7,200+
ArbG	6,900+

Most cited norms

Norm	Citing decisions
§ 72 ArbGG	15,000+
§ 64 ArbGG	12,000+
§ 66 ArbGG	10,000+
§ 1 KSchG	5,200+
§ 46 ArbGG	5,100+
§ 69 ArbGG	4,700+
§ 61 ArbGG	4,400+
§ 1 TVG	3,300+
§ 4 TVG	2,900+
§ 4 KSchG	2,700+

Most cited decisions

Case number	Court	Date	Cited by
2 AZR 541/09	BAG	10 June 2010	600+
10 AZR 275/09	BAG	25 August 2010	350+
8 AZR 409/13	BAG	21 May 2015	320+
8 AZR 693/10	BAG	16 February 2012	320+
2 AZR 370/18	BAG	13 December 2018	280+
2 AZR 276/16	BAG	22 September 2016	280+
10 AZR 34/17	BAG	21 March 2018	270+
4 AZR 796/08	BAG	19 May 2010	260+

Statutes in this area

KSchG Kündigungsschutzgesetz
BetrVG Betriebsverfassungsgesetz
TzBfG Gesetz über Teilzeitarbeit und befristete Arbeitsverträge
ArbZG Arbeitszeitgesetz
BUrlG Mindesturlaubsgesetz für Arbeitnehmer
EntgFG Gesetz über die Zahlung des Arbeitsentgelts an Feiertagen und im Krankheitsfall
AGG Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz
ArbGG Arbeitsgerichtsgesetz
NachwG Gesetz über den Nachweis der für ein Arbeitsverhältnis geltenden wesentlichen Bedingungen
MiLoG Gesetz zur Regelung eines allgemeinen Mindestlohns
TVG Tarifvertragsgesetz
MuSchG Gesetz zum Schutz von Müttern bei der Arbeit, in der Ausbildung und im Studium
AÜG Gesetz zur Regelung der Arbeitnehmerüberlassung
BEEG Gesetz zum Elterngeld und zur Elternzeit

Measured

Measured on real questions

Measured: without sources, three AI models cited 168 of 374 case numbers we could not confirm. With our data, 1 of 471.

See the benchmark for Employment law

Cost

What a call costs

Every call costs a fixed number of credits. New accounts get 30 credits once, valid for 30 days.

Tool	Purpose	Credits
search_decisions	Search decisions	1
get_decision	Full text of one decision	1
get_norm	Current text of one norm	1
get_citation_graph	Citations of one decision	2
assemble_datapackage	Data package from several decisions	5
list_facets	List filter values	free

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

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Data processing. The API and the MCP server use the same search as the web app. OpenRouter and Voyage AI process the text of a search query in the EU. Citation Check examines texts on our server in Germany, without AI services. More on privacy and security