Mataram City Government ASN Working Hours During Ramadan 2023 Will Be Cut To 32.5 Hours A Week

The working hours of the state civil apparatus (ASN) of the Mataram City Government (Pemkot) in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) during Ramadan 2023 decreased to 32.5 hours per week from 37 hours.

Assistant III for General Administration of the Mataram City Secretariat, Hj Baiq Evi Ganevia, said that the preparation of the ASN working hours in Mataram during Ramadan 1444 Hijri was waiting for the Circular (SE) of the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (Kemenpan RB).

"This basis will be used as a reference for us to issue a circular regarding the determination of working hours for ASN. We are still waiting for a letter from Kemenpan RB, as a basis for us to make a circular for ASN in Mataram City," he said, Monday, March 13, quoted by Antara.

However, he continued, usually the arrangement of ASN working hours during the month of Ramadan is still the same as in previous years, so the reduction in working hours in a week to 32.5 hours per week from 37 hours.

With the provisions for Mataram City which imposes working hours for five days every week, on Monday to Thursday, ASN comes to work from 08.00 WITA to 15.00 WITA.

Meanwhile, half an hour of rest is given, from 12.00 WITA to 12.30 WITA. Meanwhile, specifically on Fridays, ASN working hours start at 08.00 WITA until 15.30 WITA.

"In the circular that we will issue, later it will also regulate the clothes that will be used during the month of Ramadan," he said.

Evi said that ASN and non-ASN employees during the month of Ramadan wore Muslim clothing as the previous year. Meanwhile, non-Muslim employees are asked to adjust.

"The use of Muslim clothing/Muslimah during the month of Ramadan has become a policy tradition every year in order to increase devotion in carrying out fasting and those who do not fast to tolerate," he said.

Evi further said that although there was a reduction in ASN working hours, ASN discipline was still being monitored.

Therefore, his party reminded all employees, both ASN and non-ASN, to remain disciplined even though they are fasting in the month of Ramadan.

"Worship should not hinder our performance, remain disciplined because performance is also worship," he said.