Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court arbitrarily interpreted the work-permit salary authorization and art. 9 OLE by including only base salary and personal coefficient, excluding presence and attendance bonuses.
Extracted holding
No. The civil judge was entitled to interpret the authorization and treat the approved hourly base salary as base salary plus personal coefficient, excluding variable bonuses.
Extracted reasoning
The employer had declared a salary floor to the SAMT; the worker sought only the unpaid part of that authorized salary. In the absence of a binding administrative interpretation, the civil court could construe the authorization. Excluding variable bonuses was defensible and not arbitrary.