Key legal question
Whether the administrative court wrongly declined jurisdiction because the employment relationship was still public law.
Extracted holding
The employment relationship was private law after the utility's privatization; the administrative court had no jurisdiction over the dispute.
Extracted reasoning
A private joint-stock company is subject to the mandatory rules of private employment law and cannot maintain public-law employment by internal rules. The former public employment ended automatically with the legal transfer of the utility, and the appellant's contrary factual assertions were not legally relevant.