Questão jurídica principal
Whether a renewed conciliation procedure had to be initiated before the cantonal appeal against the government council's decision.
Decisão extraída
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.
Fundamentação extraída
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.