Chatting at work
Chatting at work: private pleasure or reason for termination?
In practice, the private use of WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook or Yahoo Messenger by employees during working hours repeatedly leads to labor law conflicts. This raises numerous questions, particularly as to the extent to which the employer is entitled to restrict or monitor the use of these services by its employees. Oliver Kieferle, partner at the law firm WSK Fachanwälte for labor law, answers the most important questions on this topic in a current interview with Allianz Germany's legal guide from April 2016.
You can find the link to the interview here:
https://kundenservice.allianz.de/res/ratgeber/firmen-info/firmen-info-3-2016/rechtsschutz.html