Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the city’s ergonomic therapists were paid in a sex-discriminatory manner compared with city police officers from 1997 to 2002.
Decisione estratta
The therapists’ salary classification was discriminatory; the comparison with police officers was admissible and the jobs were of equal value in the relevant period.
Motivazione estratta
The court accepted the comparable city/cantonal context, relied on earlier workplace evaluations and found no federal-law error in treating the functions as equal while the therapists were classified one to two salary grades lower.