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Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The German Association of Civil Servants in North Rhine-Westphalia calls for clear legal regulations for working from home for the public service.
Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, working conditions have hardly improved, criticized state chairman Roland Staude on Friday in Düsseldorf.
Instead of setting clear rules, the responsibility for mobile working is completely passed on to the employees, complained the unionist.
There are neither regulations on labor or data protection nor specifications on technical equipment.
"Many employees have been working with laptops at the kitchen table for months now, looking after their children on the side and often accompanying them with homeschooling," said Staude.
"It has little to do with healthy work, neither physically nor mentally."
In the judiciary, employees with child care in day-care centers and schools basically have the same options as other citizens, said NRW Minister Peter Biesenbach (CDU) on request.
Officials and judges can also be granted special leave for childcare at home with ongoing pay.
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In response to a WDR report on complaints from public prosecutors about the lack of home office opportunities, Biesenbach said that "this concern, which has been raised occasionally," is unfounded.
"The public prosecutors are neither better nor worse than other citizens."
However, prosecutors could not work in emergency mode even in Corona times, emphasized the Minister of Justice.
"They are the masters of the preliminary investigation."
Their decisions often deeply encroached on fundamental rights.
Therefore, an emergency operation in favor of reduced contacts or a delayed processing of procedures would be "an unreasonable burden" for the citizens.
"As with the police, this system-relevant task should not be carried out in an emergency."
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210122-99-130927 / 2
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