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Institutional productivity increased 20% thanks to telecommuting

Telework is gaining ground in the country, since the institutional productivity of the entities that applied it increased by 20%.

This is one of the main data revealed by the First Report on the State of Telework in Costa Rica.

The study was presented on Thursday morning and it was conducted by the International Center for the Development of Telework (CIDTT).

This analysis aims to create an information base to analyze the opportunities and challenges [of this modality],”

said Andrea Acuña, a psychologist and president of CIDTT, who added that the lack of culture towards teleworking is one of the most important aspect to address.

In addition, the data highlighted that lawyers, architects, engineers and registries are some of the professions and institutions that benefit the most from this work modality.

Moreover, it seems that men are the ones who lead the operation of telework.

Currently, there are 30 public institutions that take part in this program and have about 2,500 active workers.

The report was made in the period from May 2016 to mid-March 2017,

the situation of La Platina was used to obtain more recent data,”

said Acuña.

During the process of closing the bridge, teleworking increased by 30% in the consulted institutions. These are considered circumstantial teleworkers.

To reach the conclusions, CIDTT experts interviewed more than 600 public sector workers.

It is expected that by 2018, 50% of public sector institutions will have telework programs. The government has 330 public organizations.

crhoy.com