Currently, more than 9,700 government employees are working from home. Which challenges have accompanied this nationwide reorientation of daily work?
When it comes to work material, as for instance computers, employers are still responsible to provide their staff with the necessary equipment, even if most tasks are fulfilled from home. Nonetheless, not every business is able to quickly adapt to this new situation.
There is a need for consistent communication between both parties. If there is not enough work to occupy everybody in a meaningful way, partial unemployment should be be considered to bridge the time of the lockdown.
Another important point of discussion is data protection. Most employees have already undergone a number of advanced training sessions to learn how to encrypt their desktops and treat sensitive data sets responsibly.
According to experts, the number of cyber attacks could see a drastic rise with the increased amount of home office hours all around the country.
