This employment relationship can be described as broken: A boss and his employee fought in a parking lot in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, until the police arrived.
They are said to have met on Saturday for a clarifying conversation about outstanding wages, the police said on Sunday.
However, the situation quickly escalated: the 40-year-old boss first tried to kick his employee in the face.
He later struck with a baseball bat, according to police.
The 60-year-old employee then threw a brick at his superior and tried to fend off the blows with a walker.
According to a police spokesman, the company is a security service.
Other employees on site
The police officers at the scene were able to end the argument, both men suffered minor injuries.
According to the police, another employee was also on site and kept the boss's baseball bat in a backpack after the attack.
The man initially claimed to have nothing to do with the situation.
According to the police spokesman, he later turned out to be an employee of the security service.
There were criminal charges against the boss and his opponent.
The police could not say whether the employment relationship has now ended.
kah/dpa