Efficiency Drive: Government to Implement One Day of WFH per Week After Eid

The government will implement a work-from-home (WFH) policy to achieve budget efficiency in response to the Middle East conflict. WFH will be enforced for one day per week.

“Then, the final point regarding the study is that with the high oil prices, efficiency in working hours is needed. This will open up flexibility for work from home. For one day in five working days,” said Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto after a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Thursday (19/3/2026).

Airlangga stated that the technical aspects of WFH will be studied further. Not only for civil servants (ASN), Airlangga hopes that private companies will also adopt the policy.

“Well, the technical details are being prepared, because it is hoped that this will not only apply to ASN but also to the private sector and regional governments,” he said.

“Well, we are all preparing this again, and once the concept is mature, we will immediately inform the public in more detail,” he continued.

Airlangga said the WFH policy will be implemented after Eid. However, he has not specified the exact timing of its implementation.

“After Eid, but we will determine the timing later,” he said.

Previously, this WFH proposal had been conveyed by Prabowo as a response to the impact of the conflict in the Middle East region. Prabowo drew from Pakistan’s example of reducing work hours to four days.

“So they consider this critical, so it’s called critical measures. As if for them this is like our COVID back then. They implemented work from home for all offices, government and private, 50 percent working from home. Then, their workdays were cut to only four days,” he said during the full cabinet plenary session at the State Palace in Jakarta on Friday (13/3/2026).

Not only that, Prabowo also discussed salary cuts for cabinet members and parliament like in Pakistan.

“Many countries have already taken steps. Perhaps the Cabinet Secretary has slides to inform about how many steps. This is Pakistan’s step. This is just for comparison,” said Prabowo while displaying a graphic presentation about the Pakistani government’s measures in the crisis situation.