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Can home office make you sick in the long run?

Home office has increased massively. But is working from the kitchen table or the sofa a long-term danger to health? How experts rate that.

Ergonomically favorable looks different: Working on the living room couch can be health-related. But whether home office is generally unhealthy, there are different opinions among experts. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow, dpa

The corona pandemic has changed a lot – including the way people work. In addition to “systemically relevant”, “distance rules”, “short-time work” or “lockdown”, “home office” has become one of the best-known buzzwords in the current crisis. The importance of working from home has increased significantly: In a nationwide survey, the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin found that 35 percent of all employees are now in the home office.

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