Minister urges businesses to grant 15-day leave to new fathers
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From this month onwards, men will be allowed to take 15 days off to help take care of their newborns, Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap said as he called on businesses across the nation to cooperate.
This came after state and private organisations called on the ministry to amend the 1998 Labour Protection Act and allow men to take up to 90 days off so they can help their wives look after their newborn. However, Phadermchai said this proposal would be difficult to put in effect as the ministry had no authority to force business establishments to give their employees such long holidays.
Since amending the law would take a very long time, he said he had told the Labour Protection and Welfare Department to draft the ministerial regulation calling on businesses to cooperate and grant paternal leave to male employees.
The Nation
