In a new episode of the podcast Arbeitsrecht, Jana Hagenmüller and Luisa Hubo discuss dismissals due to comments made in private chats. Chat groups in which employees make insulting, inhumane or unlawful comments about colleagues or superiors are an increasingly common phenomenon - in this episode, the question of whether the employer may issue an extraordinary dismissal on the basis of such messages will be examined. One thing in particular plays a major role here: the legitimate expectation of confidentiality.