Key legal question
Whether a renewed conciliation procedure had to be initiated before the cantonal appeal against the government council's decision.
Extracted holding
Yes. Under the cantonal Equality Act, a new dispute after the final closure of the earlier proceedings again required prior conciliation before the administrative court could be seized.
Extracted reasoning
The court found the cantonal interpretation of §§ 3, 14 and 16 EG GIG plausible and not arbitrary. The earlier proceedings had ended with finality; the later government council decision was a new decision, and the statute still made prior conciliation mandatory for public-law employment discrimination disputes.