{"id":48763,"date":"2021-01-20T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/?p=48763"},"modified":"2021-01-20T15:58:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T14:58:01","slug":"current-resolutions-on-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/en\/news-in-brief\/current-resolutions-on-working-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Current resolutions on working from home"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 19\nJanuary 2021, the German government and the federal states agreed on further\nmeasures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, which will also directly affect\nwork at Goethe University. With this advance notification, the Executive Board\ninforms you about the resulting, binding new regulations on working from home.\nHowever, the exact implementation regulations for the adopted measures will\nonly be determined in the coming days with the amendment of the Corona Contact\nand Workplace Restriction Ordinance of the State of Hesse and the Coronavirus\nOccupational Health and Safety Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Labour and\nSocial Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Executive Board is already calling on all those responsible at Goethe University to specifically check the application of the regulations on working from home in their areas of responsibility in advance<\/strong> and, if necessary, to apply them directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nassistance, the announced key points of the resolution on working from home are\nas follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpt from the results of the video conference of the Federal Chancellor with the heads of government of the federal states on 19 January 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

„In view of the pandemic situation, it is also necessary to further reduce epidemiologically relevant contacts in the work context. To this end, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs will issue an ordinance, limited in time until 15 March 2021, according to which employers must allow employees to work in a home office wherever possible, provided their work activities allow it. This will reduce contacts at the workplace as well as on the way to work. The Federal Chancellor and heads of government of the federal states ask workers to take advantage of the offer. Where workplace presence is still required, occupancy of confined space work areas must continue to be reduced as part of the implementation of the COVID19 occupational health and safety standards, or medical masks provided by the employer must be used if sufficient distances cannot be ensured.“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labour\nMinister Hubertus Heil is preparing a corresponding Coronavirus Occupational\nHealth and Safety Ordinance, which will initially be limited until 15 March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-announced key points of the coronavirus regulation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n