Questão jurídica principal
Whether Art. 8(1) BV requires retroactive salary equalization for the appellants back to 1996 or their hiring dates.
Decisão extraída
The general equality guarantee does not create a direct federal right to retroactive equal pay in this non-sex-discrimination case; correction may be limited to the date the claim was asserted.
Fundamentação extraída
The court distinguished equal pay claims based on sex from ordinary equality claims. For the latter, authorities retain a wide margin of appreciation and may remedy an unequal salary situation from the moment the affected employee raises the claim, provided the solution is objectively defensible.