May 26, 2026 | 04:53 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's remote work policy to save fuel use, especially Pertalite, that has been implemented since April, is deemed effective, according to Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto.This statement was revealed by Airlangga after a coordination meeting at his office on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. According to him, the results of two months of work from home (WFH) policy have resulted in "nearly a 9 percent cut in Pertalite use in April."As a result, the government has decided to extend the WFH policy, pending a new circular letter by the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Rini Widyantini, for state government employees.Meanhwile, for regional officials, the circular letter will be issued by the Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian. Minister of Manpower will manage the remote work for the private sectors. The WFH scheme was initially implemented to adapt to the surge in global oil prices triggered by the Middle East war. The government has set a national work culture transformation policy that encourages more efficient, productive, and digitally based work behavior.Through this policy, WFH for civil servants is carried out each Friday. Quoting the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs website, this WFH scheme also regulates the transformation of digital-based governance and mobility efficiency.The measures include restrictions on the use of official vehicles except for operational purposes and electric vehicles, encourage the use of public transportation, and reduce domestic and international work travel by 50 percent and 70 percent, respectively.WFH for the private sector is implemented while heeding to the characteristics and needs of each business sector. However, there are sectors exempted from the WFH namely public service sectors such as health, security, sanitation, as well as strategic sectors such as industry/production, energy, water, staple goods, food/beverages, trade, transportation, logistics, and finance.For the education sector, in-person or offline lecture activities will continue normally at all levels of basic to secondary education, 5 days a week. There are no restrictions on sports or other extracurricular activities. Read: Indonesia Extends Remote Work Policy for 2 Months as Crisis PersistsClick here to get the latest news updates from Tempo on Google News
