Key legal question
Whether the civil appeal met the value threshold and was admissible for both main claim and counterclaim.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible only as to the counterclaim; the main employment claim did not reach the federal value threshold and no abstract legal question of fundamental importance was shown.
Extracted reasoning
For appealability, claim and counterclaim values are not aggregated. The main claim amount did not reach CHF 15,000, and the claims were not mutually exclusive within the meaning of Art. 53(2) BGG.