Labour Minister to Soon Issue Circular Urging WFH for Private Sector and SOE Workers

Labour Minister Yassierli stated that his ministry will soon announce a circular (SE) urging work from home (WFH) and workplace energy optimisation programmes for private companies, state-owned enterprises (BUMN), and regional state-owned enterprises (BUMD). “Regarding the circular (SE) and workplace energy optimisation programme for private companies, BUMN, and BUMD, we will soon announce it to the media and the public,” Yassierli said during a press conference monitored online in Jakarta on Tuesday. The government has officially implemented a WFH policy for civil servants (ASN) every Friday, effective from 1 April 2026, to be evaluated after two months of implementation. “The implementation of work from home for ASN in central and regional agencies, for one working day per week, namely every Friday, is regulated through a circular (SE) from the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (MenpanRB) and a circular from the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri),” said Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. Not only for ASN, the government is also urging WFH and workplace energy optimisation programmes for private companies, BUMN, and BUMD. The regulation will be stipulated through a circular from the Minister of Manpower, while considering the characteristics and needs of each business sector. However, Coordinating Minister Airlangga detailed several sectors exempted from the WFH policy, including public services such as health, security, and cleanliness. Additionally, strategic sectors like industry, energy, water, basic commodities, food and beverages, trade, transportation, logistics, and finance. In the education sector, teaching and learning activities for primary to secondary levels will continue to be conducted face-to-face for five days a week without restrictions. Meanwhile, for higher education, particularly from the fourth semester onwards, implementation will adjust to policies from relevant ministries.