Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the child allowance claim had to be extended because the wage entitlement allegedly lasted until 31 January 2000.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The court held that the cantonal court did not act arbitrarily by not deciding the civil wage-entitlement question itself and by limiting the allowance period to the months tied to the established wage claim.
Extrahierte Begründung
Authorities may decide civil preliminary questions themselves, but are not obliged to do so. No cantonal rule required the administrative court to determine the labor-law issue. The court could treat the issue prima facie and expressly left open a later labor-court ruling and any resulting reopening.