Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the employer’s request to confirm the dismissal was filed within the 30-day period under Art. 14 BPG.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The request was timely because the 30-day period began only when the employer received the employee’s written challenge in its sphere of control, which occurred on 1 July 2005.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under Art. 14 BPG, the employer’s deadline starts once it is informed in writing that the dismissal is contested for one of the statutory reasons. The employer was the federal office, not the department acting only as internal appeal body.