Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the employee fell outside the Employment Act as a higher managerial employee
Decisione estratta
No. He was an important and partly decision-capable division head, but lacked the broad strategic decision powers required for the exemption.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that the exception in Art. 3 lit. d ArG must be interpreted narrowly and depends on the actual duties exercised. Operational autonomy, personnel influence, and performance-based pay were insufficient without genuine top-level decision authority.