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Equal pay discrimination and burden of proof

AGVE_2003_130Outro Tribunal22 de jan. de 2003Other

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Resumo Omnilex

R.F. complained that she was paid less than male colleagues performing the same function and that her pay scale downgrade was discriminatory. The Regierungsrat held that unequal pay on grounds of sex had been credibly shown, shifting the burden to the employer to prove objective reasons. It then accepted age, professional experience, and training as objective justifications for the pay differences and rejected the discrimination claim. The decision also found a breach of the duty to give reasons.

Sumário Omnilex

Equal pay; burden of proof in sex discrimination cases: where unequal remuneration on account of sex is credibly shown, the employer must establish objective, non-discriminatory grounds for the salary difference (consid. 1). Permissible justification may lie in differences of age, professional experience, and education/training, provided these factors are objectively relevant and actually determine remuneration (consid. 2-5). A separate breach of the duty to state reasons is to be assessed independently (consid. 6).

Texto completo

2003 Personalrecht 549 VII. Personalrecht

130 Lohngleichheit; Diskriminierungsverbot.

  • Eine lohnmässige Ungleichbehandlung aufgrund des Geschlechts ist glaubhaft gemacht; deshalb hat der Arbeitgeber zu beweisen, dass die Entlöhnung diskriminierungsfrei erfolgte (Erw. 1).
  • Zulässige Gründe für unterschiedliche Entlöhnung (Erw. 2).
  • Im konkreten Fall lassen sich die Lohndifferenzen aufgrund des unterschiedlichen Lebensalters und der unterschiedlichen Berufserfahrung sowie aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Ausbildung objektiv begründen, weshalb eine Lohndiskriminierung zu verneinen ist (Erw. 3
  • 5).
  • Verletzung der Begründungspflicht (Erw. 6). Entscheid des Regierungsrates vom 22. Januar 2003 in Sachen R.F. gegen Departement des Innern Aus den Erwägungen 1. a) Die Beschwerdeführerin macht geltend, dass sie im Vergleich zu ihren männlichen Kollegen, welche eine gleiche Funktion innerhalb ihrer Organisationseinheit innehatten, besoldungsmässig zu Unrecht ungleich behandelt worden sei. Die Lohndifferenz sei weder durch den Altersunterschied noch die unterschiedliche Berufserfahrung oder die unterschiedliche Aus- und Weiterbildung begründbar. Den für die Stelle nützlichen Weiterbildungskursen der Beschwerdeführerin sei keine Rechnung getragen worden. Die Anstellungsbehörde habe die Beschwerdeführerin zudem per 1. April 2000 in der Lohnstufe zurückgestuft, während dies für gewisse Kollegen nicht geschehen sei. Die Einkommensdifferenz lasse auf eine geschlechtsspezifische Ungleichbehandlung schliessen.

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equal paysex discriminationburden of proofsalary determinationjustificationreason-giving duty

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Questões jurídicas principais extraídas pela Omnilex

Questão jurídica principal

Whether a wage difference based on sex was credibly shown, shifting the burden to the employer.

Decisão extraída

Yes. A wage-based unequal treatment on account of sex was made credible, so the employer had to prove that the remuneration was non-discriminatory.

Fundamentação extraída

Where unequal pay by gender is plausibly substantiated, the employer bears the burden of showing objective, non-discriminatory reasons for the salary system.

Questão jurídica principal

Whether the wage differences were objectively justified by age, professional experience, and education/training.

Decisão extraída

Yes. The differences could be objectively explained by the parties' different ages, levels of professional experience, and education, so wage discrimination was denied.

Fundamentação extraída

The court accepted age, experience, and training as permissible objective grounds for different remuneration in the specific circumstances.

Questão jurídica principal

Whether the decision violated the duty to give reasons.

Decisão extraída

Yes, the duty to state reasons was violated.

Fundamentação extraída

The decision lacked adequate reasoning in one respect, constituting a breach of the duty to provide reasons.

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