DKI Jakarta ASN No Longer WFH To Reduce Air Pollution

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JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono said that he no longer applies the work from home system to some state civil servants (ASN) within the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

The ASN policy, which has been running since two months ago, was initially carried out as an effort to reduce the level of air pollution and congestion.

"Yes, (ASN) has entered (worked in the office) all of them," said Heru at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, October 24.

Although the air quality in the capital city has not been fully controlled, Heru admits that he will not yet re-implement the WFH policy on his staff.

"Yes, no (re-implement). Look at the situation," he said.

The WFH policy for ASN DKI Provincial Government is carried out in order to reduce the level of air pollution and congestion during the 43rd ASEAN Summit (KTT).

The DKI Provincial Government has implemented a maximum WFH policy of 50 percent from August 21 to October 21, 2023, to ASN who do not work in the field of direct service to the community.

Especially during the ASEAN Summit, the composition of WFH ASN was increased to 75 percent from September 4 to September 7, 2013.

During WFH, ASN is required to report attendance or attendance on the pages provided every morning and evening. The mechanism for this attendance report also requires ASN to turn on the cameras and locations on their respective devices to be recorded by the system.

If there is a DKI ASN that violates the behavioral guidelines in the Circular Letter (SE) of the Regional Secretary (Sekda) Number 34 of 2023 concerning the Implementation of Official Affairs from Home (WFH), it will be subject to sanctions in accordance with applicable regulations.