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        "id": 1647341,
        "msgid": "wfh-every-friday-applies-nationally-can-private-sector-employees-also-work-from-home-1774972312",
        "date": "2026-03-31 22:05:00",
        "title": "WFH Every Friday Applies Nationally, Can Private Sector Employees Also Work from Home?",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "bisnis",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "The Indonesian government has introduced a national policy mandating work from home (WFH) for civil servants (ASN) every Friday starting from 1 April 2026, with evaluations planned after two months. The policy encourages private sector adoption via guidelines from the Minister of Manpower, though essential sectors like healthcare, security, and strategic industries are exempt, while education maintains in-person classes for primary and secondary levels. Additional measures include reducing official vehicle use by 50%, cutting domestic trips by 50% and international ones by 70%, and expanding car-free days in local areas to promote efficiency and reduced mobility.",
        "content": "<p>The government has officially implemented a work from home (WFH)\npolicy for civil servants (ASN) every Friday, effective from 1 April\n2026. This policy was announced by the Coordinating Minister for the\nEconomy, Airlangga Hartarto, and will be evaluated after two months of\nimplementation. \u201cThe implementation of work from home for ASN in central\nand regional agencies will occur for one working day per week, namely\nevery Friday, regulated through a circular letter (SE) from the Minister\nof State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform and an SE from\nthe Minister of Home Affairs,\u201d said Airlangga during a virtual press\nconference in Jakarta on Tuesday, 31 March 2026. Not only applicable to\nASN, the government is also encouraging the adoption of WFH in the\nprivate sector. This encouragement will be regulated through a circular\nfrom the Minister of Manpower, while still considering the\ncharacteristics and needs of each business sector. However, not all\nsectors can implement this policy. Airlangga detailed that public\nservice sectors such as health, security, and cleanliness, as well as\nstrategic sectors like industry, energy, water, basic goods, food and\nbeverages, trade, transportation, logistics, and finance are excluded\nfrom the WFH policy. In the education sector, teaching and learning\nactivities for primary to secondary levels will continue to be conducted\nin person five days a week without restrictions. Meanwhile, for higher\neducation, particularly for students from the fourth semester upwards,\nimplementation will adjust to policies from the relevant ministry. \u201cThe\neducation sector will continue teaching and learning activities in\nperson, namely offline normally across all primary to secondary\neducation levels. Five days a week, and there are no restrictions on\nsports activities related to achievements or other extracurriculars.\nMeanwhile, for higher education, from the fourth semester upwards, it\nwill adjust to the circular from the Minister of Education, Culture,\nResearch, and Technology,\u201d he stated. In addition to work arrangements,\nthe government is taking efficiency measures for mobility by limiting\nthe use of official vehicles to 50 percent, except for operational needs\nand electric vehicles. Domestic official trips are also reduced by 50\npercent, while overseas trips are cut by 70 percent. \u201cSpecifically for\nregional governments, there is encouragement to increase the number of\ndays, times, and coverage of roads for car-free days, according to the\ncharacteristics of each region, and this will be regulated by an SE from\nthe Minister of Home Affairs,\u201d explained the Coordinating Minister.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/wfh-every-friday-applies-nationally-can-private-sector-employees-also-work-from-home-1774972312",
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