Questão jurídica principal
Whether the refusal of the ordinary salary step increase was justified by inadequate performance under § 30 PG.
Decisão extraída
Yes. An ordinary step increase may be refused if performance is unsatisfactory; the appellant's intoxicated work conduct meant his performance could not be regarded as satisfactory.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the decisive criterion is objective performance. It is irrelevant whether the inadequacy stems from unwillingness or incapacity, including an illness such as alcohol addiction. Because the appellant's performance was inadequate, the step increase could be denied even if the cause was a non-fault illness.