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Remote work has multiple "benefits." This is not supported just by employees, but especially by employers. While during the pandemic it helped curb the spread of the coronavirus, now in Asia, remote work is aimed at combating pollution. Thousands of civil servants from the Indonesian capital have been invited to work remotely as part of a government project to improve the air quality in the metropolis, according to an official statement. According to this government text, the project has two objectives: reducing traffic congestion in Jakarta during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit at the beginning of September, and "lowering air pollution levels" in the Indonesian capital. As part of this telecommuting program, half of the officials employed by the Jakarta administration have been asked to work from home starting Monday for a period of two months. According to the regional agency of public servants, the municipality of Jakarta had about 50,000 employees in July. Jakarta and its metropolitan area of about 30 million inhabitants recently recorded a higher level of fine particulate matter PM2.5 than that of highly polluted cities like Riyadh, Doha, or Lahore (Pakistan). The capital of the Southeast Asian archipelago was the most polluted city in the world for four days at the beginning of August, according to the air quality monitoring company IQAir. If the project is successful, it will certainly be spread worldwide.
Remote work aimed at combating pollution
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English Section / 23 august 2023
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