Effective Today! Check ASN WFH Rules, from Official Trips to Service Vehicles
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Starting today, Wednesday (1/4/2026), civil servants (ASN) will begin implementing a work-from-home (WFH) system. This regulation applies to ASN in central and regional offices every Friday.
Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto has set a policy for transforming work culture that encourages more efficient, productive, and digitally-based behavioural changes in work practices.
“The implementation of work from home (WFH) for ASN, civil servants, in central and regional agencies, carried out for one working day per week, namely every Friday, regulated through a circular from the Minister for State Apparatus Utilisation and Bureaucratic Reform (MenpanRB) and a circular from the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri,” he explained during a press conference on Tuesday (31/3/2026).
This policy also encompasses digital-based government governance transformation, mobility efficiency, including a 50% restriction on the use of official vehicles except for operational and electric vehicles, and encouraging the use of public transport, thereby reducing official vehicles and maximising public transport as much as possible.
Furthermore, the government is implementing efficiency in domestic official travel by up to 50%, and international travel by up to 70%.
“Specifically for regions, there is a recommendation to increase the number of days, time, and coverage of roads in car-free days, according to each region’s characteristics, and this will be regulated by a circular from the Minister of Home Affairs,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the implementation of work from home for the private sector will be further regulated through a circular from the Minister of Manpower (Menaker), while still considering the characteristics and needs of each business sector.
“The regulation through the Minister of Manpower’s circular also includes a movement for energy efficiency in the workplace,” he clarified.
Airlangga added that there are sectors exempted from WFH and required to work from the office or in the field, namely public service sectors such as health, security, and cleanliness, as well as strategic sectors like industry or production, energy, water, basic commodities, food and beverages, trade, transportation, logistics, and finance.
Face-to-face teaching and learning activities, namely offline, will proceed normally across all levels of basic to secondary education for five days a week, with no restrictions on sports activities related to achievements or extracurriculars.
For higher education, semesters 4 and above will adjust according to the circular from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek).
Regarding energy efficiency, the public is urged to adopt energy-saving habits in daily activities, both at home and in the workplace. Smart mobility involves prioritising public transport. The public is asked to remain productive and run the economy as usual.
This policy will take effect from 1 April 2026 and will be evaluated after two months of implementation, with technical regulations outlined in circulars from the Ministry of State Apparatus Utilisation and Bureaucratic Reform, the Minister of Home Affairs, and the Minister of Manpower.
“The potential savings from this Work from Home policy directly to the state budget is Rp6.2 trillion, in the form of fuel compensation savings. Meanwhile, total public fuel expenditure also has the potential to be saved at Rp59 trillion,” he revealed.
The government is also taking strategic steps in state financial management through prioritisation and refocusing of ministry and agency spending. Budget reallocation is being done from less priority expenditures, such as official travel, meetings, non-operational spending, and ceremonial activities, towards more productive spending that directly impacts the public, including rehabilitation and reconstruction for disasters in Sumatra.
“The government is also continuing to encourage acceleration of ministry and agency spending, as well as sharpening spending through budget optimisation. The potential for prioritisation and refocusing of ministry and agency budgets is in the range of Rp121.2 trillion to Rp130.2 trillion.”