On 10 September 2009 the Federal Labor Court ruled that a municipal worker’s off-duty drug offenses did not justify his dismissal. A labor law firm summarized the principle: Den Arbeitgeber hat es deshalb grundsätzlich nicht zu interessieren, ob der Arbeitnehmer „privat“ eine Straftat begeht. As a rule, it is not the employer’s concern whether the employee commits a crime in private. The court noted that the result could differ for employees with official or representative duties. German law calls this außerdienstliches Verhalten, off-duty conduct. There is an exception when off-duty conduct harms the employment relationship. In 2017 VfB Stuttgart and its player Kevin Großkreutz parted by mutual agreement after he was involved in a fight in his free time.