Amendment to ensure women paid for all 98 days of maternity leave
Eight days shortfall to be covered
Women workers make their way past Democracy Monument on March 8, International Women’s Day, as they head to Government House to demand better labour rights protection. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
The Social Security Office is being asked to propose a draft legal amendment ensuring women entitled to 98 days maternity leave are paid in full, not just for 90 days.
Deputy government spokeswoman Ratchada Dhanadirek said networks of women’s rights groups had called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to ensure employees get full payment for their entitled 98-day maternity leave.
The networks’ calls were made in Bangkok on International Women’s Day, March…
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