On 19 January 2021, the Chancellor and the heads of the state governments passed a new resolution on further measures to fight the Corona pandemic. According to the resolution, employers are generally to be obliged to allow employees to work from home. In the meantime, the resolution has been implemented by the "SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance" (“Ordinance”) issued by the Federal Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs, which came into force on 27 January 2021 and will expire (according to the current status) on 15 March 2021.

Below we give a brief overview of the new home office regulation: