Male govt employees to get 15 days paternity leave

Workers hold a sign to call for fully paid maternity leave and 30 days' paternity leave for male employees after their child's birth to celebrate Labour Day at Democracy Monument last year. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

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.