Key legal question
Whether the prosecution was time-barred for the employee contributions still in dispute.
Extracted holding
For the remaining amount of CHF 786, the applicable limitation law was the former regime; the claim was not time-barred at the cantonal judgment date, but earlier 2001-due contributions were time-barred.
Extracted reasoning
The court applied lex mitior and held that the pre-1 October 2002 limitation rules were milder for the case as a whole. Under the old law, absolute limitation for the 2001 periods had already expired, while the June 2002 invoice amount was still not time-barred when the cantonal judgment was issued.