Keep seeing people saying that Phillipp Brock and Reinhard Pollice legally can't be fired on the first offense or something. What are those claims based on?
Anything Google has pointed me at has basically said the same thing, see quote.
Eurofound
These sites(pdf) Google considered relevant to my search also say that you can only immediately fire someone if valid justification is given.
Disloyalty to the employer, persistent neglect of duties, incompetence with regard to work, theft, falsified qualification, among others.
Firing them immediately is something THQ may or may not be legally able to do.
But by all accounts, THQ can certainly give notice immediately, and have them out of the company within X months.
Whether that is something THQ has done or are planning to do, they do not seem willing to publicly communicate it, for some reason that I don't understand.
But I know that doesn't necessarily mean that they won't fire at least someone. CD Projekt never mentioned or hinted that they were firing
the GOG guy. That Eurogamer article was probably the first time people knew about that.