Questão jurídica principal
Whether the employer had to follow the canton’s 2001 salary-class increase for the employee.
Decisão extraída
No. The salary reference clause in the employment contract was only a method for setting the entry salary, not a full adoption of the canton’s later pay scale.
Fundamentação extraída
The employer was an independent public employer with its own remuneration system, merely aligned with the canton’s system. The cantonal pay system did not apply directly, and the court found no arbitrary interpretation in denying an automatic follow-up reclassification.