Facing Global Uncertainty, the Government Applies WFH and Limits Mobility
JAKARTA - The government is once again implementing special policies to respond to global dynamics by implementing policies for a more productive and digital-based work culture transformation, one of the main policies implemented is the work from home (WFH) system for State Civil Servants (ASN).
Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto explained that this policy is an adaptive and preventive step to face global uncertainty, while encouraging a more efficient, productive, and digitized work pattern.
Meanwhile, the implementation of WFH for ASN at central and regional institutions is carried out for one working day every week, namely every Friday, and this policy will be further regulated through a circular letter from the Minister of PAN-RB and the Minister of Home Affairs.
"The implementation of WFH for ASN at central and regional institutions is carried out as many as 1 working days a week, namely every Friday, which is regulated through circular letters from the Minister of Home Affairs and the Minister of Home Affairs," he said in a virtual press conference, Tuesday, March 31.
In addition to the WFH arrangement, Airlangga said this policy also includes a number of supporting measures, such as accelerating the transformation of digital-based government governance.
He added that mobility efficiency with restrictions on the use of official vehicles to 50 percent, except for operations and electric vehicles, as well as encouraging the use of public transportation.
"So reduce official vehicles and use public transportation as much as possible," he explained.
Airlangga said the government would also carry out efficiency in official travel, with a reduction of up to 50 percent for domestic travel and 70 percent for foreign travel.
"Especially for the regions, this is an appeal for the addition of the number of days of duration and coverage rather than road sections in Car Free Day according to the characteristics of each region and this will be regulated by the Minister of Home Affairs," he said.
Meanwhile, he said for the private sector, the implementation of WFH will be regulated through a circular letter from the Minister of Manpower while still considering the characteristics of each business sector, and this policy also includes an incentive for energy efficiency in the work environment.
However, Airlangga added that there were a number of sectors that were excluded from the WFH policy and continued to operate directly, namely the public service sector such as health, security, and hygiene, as well as strategic sectors such as industry, energy, water, food, trade, transportation, logistics, and finance.
As for the education sector, he said that learning activities for primary to secondary education would continue to be carried out face-to-face for five days a week, and sports and extracurricular activities would also continue to run normally.
"Meanwhile, for higher education, semester 4 and above are adjusted to the circular from the Minister of Research, Technology, and Higher Education," he said.