Observers praise paternity leave plan for Indonesian civil servants


Existing regulations only mandate maternity for a maximum of three months to female civil servants. - AFP

JAKARTA: Policymakers are mulling over a draft regulation that could give paternity leave to civil servants, a move experts have commended for its potential to encourage fathers’ greater involvement in raising their children.

The Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry and House of Representatives Commission II, which oversees home affairs, started deliberating last week a draft government regulation (PP) derived from the recently enacted State Civil Service (ASN) Law.

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