TikTok trend from the USA: When employees share their resignation online. A number of Americans share their termination conversations on TikTok using the hashtag #layoffs.

Is this allowed? Labor law expert Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt describes what the legal situation looks like in Germany. In Germany, only written terminations are effective. What could be recorded, however, are conversations in which the dismissal is communicated and explained. However, this is risky for the ex-employee.