Paid paternity leave approved
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The Cabinet has approved paid leave of up to 15 days for state officials or employees whose wives have given birth to take care of the new mothers and babies, acting government spokesman Anusorn Eiumsaard said Tuesday.
The Cabinet had approved the royal decree draft for state officials’ salary and other payments as well as the regulation draft for state employees’ payments.
Anusorn explained that the former draft included permission for state officials to take up to 15 days off at full salary within 30 days of the child’s birth.
However if state officials wanted to take days off to take care of their wives after that 30-day period, it would be up to their supervisor, the director general or equivalent position, if the officials would receive payment during the leave period.
The officials taking extra days off to take care of their newborns would not be entitled to the salary payment, he added.
The royal decree draft also allowed state officials who hadn’t been ordained as Buddhist monk or on a pilgrimage to Mecca to take a religious leave with salary payment for up to 120 days, while officials wishing to take leave for vocational rehabilitation were entitled to leave with salary payment for up to 12 months.
The regulation draft for state employees’ payments covered the same terms and the rules were thus applicable to state employees too, he added.
