The government has broadened paternity leave periods to cover male government employees, allowing them to have 15 days’ paid leave after their child’s birth.
The leave extension was part of a new Government Employees Executive Committee’s announcement regarding government employee benefits that was signed on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said.
The paternity leave regulation was added to the section regarding maternity leave in the older version of the announcement issued in 2011. The previous version…