Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the transitional salary rule for repeaters and course deferrals violated equality by delaying the appellant's move to salary class 18 and denying the CHF 3,911 adjustment.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The distinction between trainees who started before August 2003 as repeaters/course deferrals and those who started in August 2003 or later was not materially justified, although both groups could not finish under the old system because of the reform.
Extrahierte Begründung
The appellant was worse off than the comparison group despite longer seniority and identical training level. Neither the lower court nor the administration provided a convincing objective reason for treating these comparable groups differently.