Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the canton-paid salaries of primary teachers may serve as a valid comparison group for a municipal wage-discrimination claim by kindergarten teachers.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. For the relevant period, the municipality was the sole employer of the kindergarten teachers, while the canton alone determined and paid the primary teachers' salaries; therefore the comparison could not support a claim under the Equality Act.
Extrahierte Begründung
The equal-pay claim under Art. 3(2) GlG is directed against the actual wage payer. Comparisons are generally limited to employees of the same employer or a functionally dependent wage system. Here, the municipality had no binding control over the primary teachers' salaries, which were fixed and paid by the canton, whereas the kindergarten teachers' salaries were still set and paid by the municipalities in 2005.