Key legal question
Which law governs the dismissal of the public employment relationship by the municipal association?
Extracted holding
The dismissal is governed by state personnel law, not by the Swiss Code of Obligations, despite contractual references to the Code for matters not regulated.
Extracted reasoning
The employment relationship was public law in substance. For such positions, the later state personnel legislation displaced the earlier contractual reference to the Code of Obligations for dismissal questions; the public-law protection rules therefore applied.