More than 55,000 civil servants of the General State Administration (AGE) already benefit from teleworking. That is, one in four of the nearly 220,000 public workers of the AGE performs their work from home, at least two days a week.

The latest monitoring report on remote work, published monthly by the Secretary of State for Public Function on the Transparency Portal, is evidence of this. And in that same document it is observed that the figure has been growing significantly in recent months. For example, between the November publication and the last one, which refers to May, there has been an increase of more than 10,000 troops. Teleworking was a recurring demand of civil servants, especially after the pandemic, and when they have achieved it, the data show that they have taken advantage of this option in a remarkable way.

The report also gives details such as the duration of teleworking, the distribution by sex or the tasks performed. Thus, almost 35,000 civil servants attend work in person three days a week; just over 14,000 do so just two days; and just over 6,000 public workers benefit from the exceptional modality, which means "a provision of face-to-face services of at least 10%, aimed at meeting special organizational circumstances".

In addition, there are more women than men teleworking: 32,150 female employees to 23,000 male workers. And most of them are civil servants who perform administrative support tasks and management staff, which seems logical given that it is the area in which a greater number of employees are concentrated.

All these officials, however, have access to remote work within the framework of the plan of energy saving and efficiency measures of the AGE. That is, as a way to be more efficient, which is the way that the Government forced to respond to the pressures and demands of officials, and not because it is decreed by a teleworking standard. This point was included in the Civil Service Law that has declined.

The electoral advance decreed by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has made the norm, which was already in Congress in the period of amendments, not go ahead. And in that text is where teleworking itself was regulated. For practical purposes the result is the same or very similar, but if the savings plan is withdrawn so will teleworking, while by law it would already be fully established.

The draft pointed out that, initially, you would be entitled to one day of teleworking per week, a period that could later be extended to two days. The text, in addition, should be the reference not only for the AGE but for the entire Administration, that is, also for the communities -which is where the bulk of officials are located- and the municipalities.

All that is now paralyzed, and what will be maintained, as confirmed in the Civil Service, are the possible agreements that have been reached in each area as well as the measures included in the savings plan. And they are also paralyzed, for example, performance evaluations that, if positive, would offer public workers complementary remuneration.

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