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UNESA allows its staff to work remotely
Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA) allows remote working for its employees as a standard practice through a Rector's Circular Letter on adjusted working patterns, Surat Edaran Nomor B/44908/UN38.II/HK.01.01/2026, issued on 6 April 2026 and applied from 10 April 2026, which sets a four-day office, one-day home working week for all staff, with no end date (Rektor, 2026).
Policy basis
| Policy | Detail |
|---|---|
| Title | Surat Edaran tentang Penyesuaian Pola Kerja Pegawai dalam Rangka Penyesuaian Penyelenggaraan Kegiatan Akademik di Lingkungan Universitas Negeri Surabaya |
| Title (English) | Circular Letter on the Adjustment of Staff Working Patterns in Connection with the Adjustment of Academic Activities at Universitas Negeri Surabaya |
| Number | B/44908/UN38.II/HK.01.01/2026 |
| Date set | 2026-04-06 |
| Date reviewed | - |
Angka 1 huruf a dan b
"Pegawai tiap-tiap unit kerja melaksanakan bekerja dari kantor/ Work From Office (WFO) selama 4 (empat) hari kerja, yaitu hari Senin sampai dengan hari Kamis; Pegawai tiap-tiap unit kerja melaksanakan bekerja dari rumah/ Work From Home (WFH) selama 1 (satu) hari kerja, yaitu setiap hari Jumat" Angka 1 letter a and b: Number 1 letters a and b: Employees of each work unit work from the office (Work From Office, WFO) for 4 (four) working days, namely Monday to Thursday; employees of each work unit work from home (Work From Home, WFH) for 1 (one) working day, namely every Friday. |
Angka 3 huruf b
"Melakukan penyesuaian jadwal perkuliah bagi dosen secara lebih terpusat atau terkonsentrasi pada hari tertentu sehingga setiap dosen dapat melaksanakan Work From Home (WFH) selama 1 (satu) hari setiap minggu sesuai jadwal perkuliahan yang diampu, tanpa mengganggu proses pembelajaran dan pelaksanaan tridharma" Angka 3 letter b: Number 3 letter b: Adjusting lecturers' teaching schedules to be more centralised or concentrated on certain days, so that every lecturer can carry out Work From Home (WFH) for 1 (one) day each week according to the teaching schedule they hold, without disrupting the learning process or the tridharma. |
Telecommuting, remote working, or a condensed working week
Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA) allows telecommuting for its employees as a standard practice through a standing Work From Office (WFO) and Work From Home (WFH) scheme set out in Rector's Circular Letter Number B/44908/UN38.II/HK.01.01/2026, issued 6 April 2026, following up a circular of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, Sains, dan Teknologi) on adjusting working patterns across universities (Rektor, 2026).
Under the circular, every employee of each work unit works from office (WFO) four days a week, Monday to Thursday, and works from home (WFH) one day a week, every Friday, with attendance recorded online through the MyUnesa application, including from the employee's home location during WFH (Article 1, Article 2) (Rektor, 2026). Lecturers are given flexibility to arrange their own Work From Home day according to their teaching schedule, so that each lecturer can take one WFH day a week without disrupting lectures or the tridharma (Article 3(b)) (Rektor, 2026).
Two study-programme pages of UNESA announced the policy's start on 9 and 14 April 2026, confirming that Work From Home began on Friday, 10 April 2026 for all staff, and that unit heads must keep at least 80 percent of a unit's employees working from office at the same time (S1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, 2026; S2 Pendidikan Sains, 2026). The second announcement recorded that the scheme combines four WFO days with one WFH day, that lecturers may arrange one WFH day without disrupting teaching, and that it forms part of a wider set of energy-efficiency and mobility measures, including a minimum 25 degrees Celsius air-conditioning setting and a reduction of non-essential official-vehicle trips (S2 Pendidikan Sains, 2026).
UNESA applies the policy university-wide, to the whole workforce (seluruh pegawai) of Universitas Negeri Surabaya, not one faculty or unit, and the circular states that its implementation will be monitored and evaluated periodically (Article 6) (Rektor, 2026).
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Rektor. (2026, April 6). Surat Edaran Nomor B/44908/UN38.II/HK.01.01/2026 tentang Penyesuaian Pola Kerja Pegawai dalam Rangka Penyesuaian Penyelenggaraan Kegiatan Akademik di Lingkungan Universitas Negeri Surabaya [Circular Letter Number B/44908/UN38.II/HK.01.01/2026 on the Adjustment of Staff Working Patterns in Connection with the Adjustment of Academic Activities at Universitas Negeri Surabaya]. Universitas Negeri Surabaya. https://statik.unesa.ac.id/s1pbing/file/467324f7-0bc8-4b60-aebd-0e0bb069e17d.pdf
S1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris. (2026, April 9). Pengumuman Pemberlakuan WFH di selingkung Unesa [Announcement of the Implementation of WFH Across UNESA]. Universitas Negeri Surabaya. https://s1pbing.fbs.unesa.ac.id/post/pengumuman-pemberlakuan-wfh-di-selingkung-unesa
S2 Pendidikan Sains. (2026, April 14). UNESA Terapkan Efisiensi Energi melalui Penyesuaian Pola Kerja dan Digitalisasi Kegiatan Akademik [UNESA Implements Energy Efficiency Through Adjusted Working Patterns and Digitalisation of Academic Activities]. Universitas Negeri Surabaya. https://s2pendsains.fmipa.unesa.ac.id/post/unesa-terapkan-efisiensi-energi-melalui-penyesuaian-pola-kerja-dan-digitalisasi-kegiatan-akademik
