Unpad Implements WFH Every Friday Starting This Week
Universitas Padjadjaran or Unpad is implementing work from home (WFH) for the academic community every Friday starting this week, 10 April 2026. According to Unpad Rector Arief S. Kartasasmita, the WFH policy is issued to anticipate the global energy crisis.
“If working in cafes and other places, it will not solve the problem of reducing energy needs,” he said on Wednesday, 8 April 2026.
According to Arief, those who will work WFH for one day every Friday are the administrative sector. Lectures that do not require direct expertise, field practice, or laboratory work can also be conducted via WFH. The Rector urged lecturers and educational staff to work from home, not in cafes or other places outside the campus.
The Unpad WFH regulation was issued by Vice Rector for Resources and Governance Widya Setiabudi Sumadinata through Circular Number 1198/UN6.WR4/TU.00/2026 on Work Pattern Adjustments. The provision, which was disseminated to the campus academic community on 7 April, refers to the Circular from the Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia Number 2 of 2026 on Work Pattern Adjustments and Academic Activities.
The circular states that WFH is applied to the entire academic community and educational staff, especially those working in the administrative field. For lecturers and educational staff who have Friday schedules related to laboratory work, WFH implementation can be shifted to another day with further arrangements in their respective work units.
“For academics, especially laboratory lectures both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, particularly the specialist medical education programme (PPDS), everything is offline or not online,” said Widya.
According to her, Unpad does not go as far as changing laboratory activities, especially in exact science study programmes on WFH days, but rather rotates shifts for educational staff. “This WFH will be evaluated in the next month to see if it continues or returns to normal,” said Widya. Meanwhile, regarding attendance or presence during WFH, its implementation is like during the previous Covid-19 pandemic.
Employee attendance through digital logbook reports, while for academic activities via reports to the integrated academic information system. “The attendance system remains the same, counted twice in one day at the start and end of work, with reports arranged by each work unit,” said Widya.
Head of Unpad’s Public Communication Office Dandi Supriadi added that the scheduling arrangements for educational staff shifts are left to the respective work unit leaders, while still paying attention to the smooth provision of services to the academic community and the public. For lectures, they will be arranged by the respective lecturers to be socialised to their students.