Key legal question
Whether the dismissal was lawful despite the absence of a valid employee assessment or equivalent procedure under § 19 PG/ZH.
Extracted holding
The dismissal suffered from a formal defect because no assessment or equivalent procedure meeting § 19(2) PG/ZH was carried out; the dismissal was therefore unjustified.
Extracted reasoning
The statutory exception allowing waiver of a probation period under § 19(1) PG/ZH does not extend to the separate requirement of an employee assessment or equivalent procedure. The cantonal court failed to justify any waiver, and prior case law under the old legal regime could not fill that gap.