Central Java Provincial Government Delegates WFH Scheme to Each Regional Agency
The Central Java Provincial Government has begun implementing work from home (WFH) for civil servants (ASN) since Friday, 10 April 2026. Central Java Governor Ahmad Luthfi stated that the policy must not reduce the quality of public services or employee performance.
“It started today. Do not let the quality of services and performance decline because of this WFH,” Luthfi said in his official statement quoted on Saturday, 11 April 2026.
Luthfi mentioned that the implementation of WFH is also starting in several regencies and cities. He said that if there are still areas that have not implemented it, it is because they are still under study. “The typology of areas varies. They know the character of each one,” he stated.
Central Java Secretary Sumarno said that the implementation on the first day of WFH cannot yet be precisely calculated in terms of the number of ASN working from home. He stated that the WFH implementation concept is left to each head of regional device organisation (OPD).
“So we do not limit the percentage, but according to the needs in each OPD. Later we will request reports from the OPD colleagues,” he said.
In its implementation, several public service sectors continue to work from the office, such as hospitals and health facilities, samsat services, and the education sector.
Sumarno emphasised that WFH does not mean a holiday, but working from home with a supervision system. The government has prepared control mechanisms, including marking work locations and daily activity reporting through a system managed by the Regional Civil Service Agency.
According to him, this policy will also be evaluated periodically, including to measure the effectiveness of energy savings. The reduction in employee mobility is expected to suppress fuel consumption, while office efficiency will be seen from electricity use and other resources.
The government has set a work-from-home policy for ASN as an effort to curb energy consumption amid the surge in world oil prices. ASN in central and regional agencies are scheduled to work from home one day per week to reduce fuel use.
This step is also taken in response to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, which impact global energy prices. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto previously conveyed the policy as part of mitigation measures against external pressures.