Key legal question
Whether the reform appeal was admissible ratione valoris and whether a declaratory action interest existed
Extracted holding
The value in dispute was met, and the declaratory action was admissible because the employee sought a definitive determination for future salary claims as well as past ones.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the relevant amount is that put in dispute before the last cantonal instance, including admissible declaratory claims. A separate legal-interest requirement exists for declaratory relief, and here the employee had a protected interest in having the contractual salary basis definitively established despite the possibility of a condemnatory action for past wages.