Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the employee validly agreed to a reduction of his workload from 100% to 50% from December 2007 onward.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The reduction was validly agreed through the employee's conduct; he could not request confirmation of a 50% position and simultaneously claim full-time wages.
Extrahierte Begründung
After the employer confirmed it had accepted his request for reduced hours, the employee was required to clarify whether he would maintain the request and start law studies. He instead began studying in December 2007, which unambiguously showed consent to the reduced workload by conclusive conduct.