The state of Berlin wants to be as representative as the population is diverse, and has set itself the goal that 35% of its 120,000 employees should have an immigrant background. This target is to be achieved by 2024. To make this happen, the city-state does not want to introduce a preference for hiring, but rather to persuade the many candidates who often do not apply because they are convinced that they won't be hired

In application of the Transformation of the Civil Service Act, caregiver's leave now enables a person to temporarily stop working or work part-time to help a disabled relative or a relative with a loss of autonomy.  Carers now have the right to take unpaid leave of up to three months over a calendar year. This leave can be renewed up to a maximum period of one year over the course of a career. The employee receives a daily stipend paid by the French Family Allowance Fund (CAF).

Launched just a few months before the first lockdown, the Worklab programme consists of an application and collaborative work spaces designed to encourage interaction between administrations. The project's designers aim to promote mobile working while retaining a strong human dimension, at once removed from the usual professional environment but enriching for the freedom it provides.