German minister backs creating legal right to work from home

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s labor minister wants to enshrine into law the right to work from home if it is feasible to do so, even after the coronavirus pandemic subsides. Labor Minister Hubertus Heil told Sunday’s edition of the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that he aims to put forward such legislation this fall. He said  initial estimates suggest the proportion of people working from home has risen from 12% to 25% during the virus crisis, to around 8 million people. Heil stressed that the aim is “to enable more home working, but not force it.”