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The federal government is considering obliging German companies to carry out regular corona tests on their employees.
A survey by WELT AM SONNTAG now shows that almost all companies listed in the Dax already offer their employees such tests.
However, there are problems in expanding this quickly and across the board to all employees who do not work in the home office.
Two tests per week are politically desirable.
At the insurance company Allianz, for example, it is said that the preparations have been completed.
However, due to delivery bottlenecks, it is not yet possible to start at all locations.
At Fresenius, only the planning for expanding the test capacities is "in full swing".
The chemical company BASF is also creating the prerequisites to expand the current range of self-tests at the Ludwigshafen headquarters.
Some companies can initially only give all affected employees one test per week, such as the automotive supplier Continental, Deutsche Telekom or MTU.
The reason are temporary delivery bottlenecks.
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It is uncertain how much the tests offered will actually be used.
One problem is that they are voluntary on the part of the employees and the results are subject to data protection.
It is unclear whether a legal possibility can be created to at least oblige employees who could actually work in the home office to have themselves tested at work.
That's what Michael Hüther, head of the Institute for German Economy, suggests.