Berlin. Whether you can have private use of your mobile phone at work depends on the employer. It can make too many decisions – anyone who violates it is threatened with dismissal.
- You are not automatically allowed to use your work mobile phone privately
- Anyone who violates the employer’s rules is threatened with dismissal
- A lawyer explains under what circumstances a boss is allowed to control and even locate a workplace mobile phone
I briefly opened the navigation system and instagram browsed or googled the best restaurant in town on your own Practical That’s okay, but work may be on your phone. Although the majority of people are allowed to use their work cell phones privately, their bosses may restrict their use. Anyone who still uses their work phone for private purposes may even risk termination of employment. We explain the basics of commercial mobile phones.
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majority Germansprovided by their employers work with mobile phone By the way, you can also use it privately. This was the result of a survey conducted by the Bitkom industry association last year. Accordingly, 88 percent of those surveyed said that their boss also allows private use of their work phone. But not everyone uses it: almost one in five (18 per cent) still only use their work device for professional purposes, ignoring private communications.