Questão jurídica principal
Whether the sickness-related suspension period invalidated the forced early retirement date
Decisão extraída
The sickness bar applies only to ordinary dismissal, not to forced early retirement under cantonal law; the retirement date of 31 January 2008 was therefore not void.
Fundamentação extraída
The cantonal provisions distinguish ordinary termination from early retirement as separate grounds for ending the employment relationship. Art. 15(2) PG/SH can therefore not be extended, by interpretation or analogy, to forced retirement.