Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the ordinary salary step increase may be refused due to inadequate performance when the employee was intoxicated at work.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The step increase may be denied because the complainant's performance was unsatisfactory; intoxicated work performance cannot be regarded as satisfactory.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under § 30 PG, refusal of the ordinary step increase requires inadequate performance or conduct. The decision alleges inadequate performance only. Performance must be assessed objectively; it is irrelevant whether the inadequacy stems from inability or unwillingness. If performance is inadequate, the step increase can be refused even if the inadequacy results from an unexcused illness such as alcoholism.