Seputarkarawang.com - Karawang, The Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Karawang Regency, Asep Aang Rahmatullah, issued strict instructions regarding the implementation of the Work From Home (WFH) system for state civil servants (ASN) every Friday. Aang emphasized that this work from home policy is not an additional day off, but simply a change of work location. All employees within the Karawang Regency Government are required to continue carrying out their official duties in full with disciplinary standards that are equivalent to when working in the office (Work From Office).Discipline is a crucial point in this policy. The Regional Secretary emphasized that every employee who is carrying out WFH must be on call or always ready to be contacted at any time by superiors or colleagues. The regional government enforces strict rules for those who ignore it: if an employee cannot be contacted five times in a row, the immediate superior is obliged to give a strong warning as a form of disciplinary guidance in accordance with applicable personnel regulations.Especially for agencies that have direct contact with the public, such as Public Service Malls (MPP), these WFH regulations do not apply in full. Officers at the MPP are required to be physically present according to schedule to ensure that administrative services for residents continue to run normally and without obstacles. Meanwhile, for employees who receive a WFO schedule, the Regional Secretary instructed the centralization of the workplace in one shared room to facilitate coordination, supervision and efficiency of office operations.Regulations regarding domicile are also in sharp focus. Asep Aang strictly forbids employees who have ID cards from outside the region but are domiciled in Karawang from taking advantage of the WFH momentum on Friday as an excuse to return home early. Every employee is required to remain in their Karawang domicile area to be ready if at any time they are required to be physically present at the office for urgent matters. This is done to maintain the integrity of public services even though the work system is carried out remotely.
Technically, the implementation of WFH aims to reduce office operational costs and increase working time efficiency with high flexibility supported by internet technology. Through this system, the Karawang Regency Government hopes that employee productivity will be maintained without having to be hampered by physical mobility to the head office. However, this flexibility still requires high accountability so that every state task can be completed on time according to the performance targets that have been set. The Karawang Regency Government is committed to continuing to carry out regular evaluations of the effectiveness of implementing this remote work system. If many violations or a decrease in service performance are found, the WFH scheme will be reviewed again. This step is part of the digital transformation of the bureaucracy in Karawang, where technology is used not for relaxation, but to accelerate the government's response to society's needs in the modern era.
