One-Day-a-Week WFH Policy Applies Only to These Sectors

The government is refining a policy to implement work-from-home (WFH) for one day per week in various business sectors. There are specific criteria for business sectors that cannot implement WFH, including those directly involved in public services. “This applies to civil servants and as a recommendation for the private sector, particularly those not related to public services,” said Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, as quoted by detikfinance on Monday (23/3/2026). The implementation of this WFH policy is planned after the 2026 Eid al-Fitr holidays. The technical details are currently being studied by the Ministry of Manpower and the Ministry of Home Affairs. “It will be detailed, but after Eid we will carry it out,” Airlangga emphasised. On another occasion, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi stated that this policy will also apply to certain business sectors that allow remote work. “To avoid misunderstanding, for example, the services, industry, and trade sectors may not be part of this policy,” Prasetyo said at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta last Saturday. This WFH policy is a directive from the President during the full cabinet meeting before the 2026 Eid al-Fitr holidays, as an effort to promote efficiency in the work environment, including reducing the need for fuel amid the heating tensions of the Middle East war between Iran, the United States, and Israel. “As conveyed by the President during the full cabinet meeting that we are formulating several policies in order to realise that we all must together efficienise ourselves in working,” Prasetyo said. Nevertheless, he emphasised that this policy is designed not because the fuel supply in Indonesia is disrupted. “As we continue to convey, insyaallah the fuel supply is no problem, the fuel supply is safe,” he stressed.