Promoting Equality: Parents Taking Full 6-Month Parental Leave to Each Receive Extra Month of Allowance
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Premier Cho Jung-tai announced that to promote gender equality in family care, the government is actively amending laws to allow both parents to receive an additional month of parental leave allowance after completing 6 months of leave. This aims to encourage shared parenting responsibilities and provide more flexible family care support, while also reducing caregiver burden. Current regulations provide 80% of the average monthly insured salary for up to 6 months of parental leave.