Question juridique clé
Whether disputes over conversion of public teaching posts and resulting workload/pay are 'civil rights' under Article 6(1) ECHR
Solution extraite
Yes. A secondary-school teacher does not exercise sovereign powers or specific public-authority functions; workload and salary disputes are pecuniary civil-rights disputes.
Motifs extraits
The Court adopted the Strasbourg functional approach: Article 6 applies unless the employee participates in public power. Teaching at public schools is not reserved to the State and is comparable to teaching in private schools.