Awaiting Government Announcement on WFH for Civil Servants and Private Workers...

The government is soon to announce a policy regarding work from home (WFH) for civil servants (ASN) and private sector workers. This WFH policy emerges as one of the government’s steps to save the budget following the escalation of conflict in the Middle East. Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian revealed that the official announcement on this WFH policy will be made on Tuesday (31/3/2026) today. “Just be patient, be patient, I hear it’s very likely, possibly, to be officially announced tomorrow,” Tito said at the Parliamentary Complex, Jakarta, on Monday (30/3/2026). When asked about the WFH days, Tito declined to reveal it. After the official announcement, Tito, as Home Affairs Minister, will also provide further guidance to regional governments (pemda). The same was previously stated by Coordinating Minister Airlangga Hartarto, who said that the WFH policy would be set in March 2026. “It will definitely be set this month,” Airlangga said after a meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the Palace Complex, Jakarta, on Friday (27/3/2026). At that time, Airlangga had not announced the schedule for the announcement of the WFH implementation for ASN and private sector workers. According to him, the government still has a few days before the WFH policy is officially announced to the public. “There are only a few days left in this month, so there’s still time,” Airlangga said briefly. This policy was previously an instruction from Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to his ministers during the full cabinet plenary session at the State Palace, Presidential Palace Complex, Central Jakarta, on Friday (13/3/2026). Following up on this, Coordinating Minister Airlangga conveyed that WFH would be implemented for one working day per week. “One day in five working days,” Airlangga revealed after holding a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto at the Palace Complex, Jakarta, on Thursday (19/3/2026). At that time, he said that further technical details on its implementation are still being finalised by the government.