Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal salary scale for primary teachers may be used as a comparator for the applicant's alleged indirect wage discrimination.
Solution extraite
No. The canton, not the municipality, was the sole pay-setting and paying authority for primary teachers in 2005, while municipalities remained the sole employers and payers of kindergarten teachers.
Motifs extraits
Equal-pay comparisons generally require the same employer or a functionally linked remuneration system. Here, the municipal and cantonal pay systems were independent for the relevant period, so the primary-teacher salaries could not be relied upon to prove discrimination.