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Baden-Baden (dpa / lsw) - When it comes to home office as a protective measure against corona infection, the state government is trying to set a good example.

According to a report by the “Badischer Tagblatt” (Tuesday), 98 percent of employees in the Ministry of Finance are equipped to work at home - with the exception of porters and drivers.

"Except for an emergency service, the Ministry of the Environment is actually up to it."

In the Ministry of Social Affairs, the majority of employees are working from home, and its acceptance has "risen continuously" over the past few months, the newspaper quoted a spokesman as saying.

In the Ministry of Science, even the top management works at home on the computer.

In the Ministry of Rural Areas, the department heads are said to be constantly promoting home service.

Participation was "very active," said a spokeswoman.

In a survey in the state capital, in which, according to the newspaper, almost 5,700 employees took part, only ten percent reported problems with the technology at home.

Every second person stated that certain activities were only possible to a limited extent, for example because files had not yet been digitized.

"77 percent cite the lack of personal contacts as the greatest disadvantage."

The number of so-called tele-jobs has increased from 250 to 4200 within a few months, reported the "Badische Tagblatt" in Baden-Baden.

Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) has been promoting more home offices for days because fewer people would be traveling on buses and trains.

The state government is also planning a home office summit with business representatives.

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The figures from the Baden-Württemberg ministries look quite good in comparison.

The German Association of Officials dbb found in a survey that on average 67 percent of employees at the federal level could switch permanently to the home office, at the state level, however, only 55 percent and at the municipal level even just 37 percent.

A spokesman recently said that the "basic evil" was poor technical equipment.

Some managers also wanted to see what employees were doing on site.

And in some cases like tax, home office is impossible because of data security.

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