Admissibility of Appeal in Labor Dispute Based on Initial Claim Value

In a labor dispute where the plaintiff sought payment of approximately Fr. 14'438.-- and a social insurance body intervened for a subrogation claim of about Fr. 7'009.15, resulting in a first-instance award of only Fr. 998.20 to the plaintiff, the court addressed the admissibility of the plaintiff's appeal, which required the dispute value to exceed Fr. 8'000.--. The court reasoned that for determining the appeal's admissibility against a judgment from a collegiate court, the dispute value is determined by the claims that were still contested and subject to judgment at the time of the first-instance ruling, meaning the initial total claim of Fr. 14'438.-- was decisive, even though the plaintiff's remaining claim was reduced below the threshold after judgment, thus confirming the appeal was admissible.