"育嬰假要延長了"

新北市政府通過了一個地方章程的產檢假草案，這將會延長產後育嬰假，並增加了產檢假。

新北市市長朱立倫主持了修改《北市性別工作平等自治條例》一法，如果新北市府通過，行政院也核准的話，將賦予準媽媽五天半薪的產檢假，而準爸爸則能有兩天無薪陪產檢假。產檢時間通常不包含在法規之下，病假也不能轉而用在此種目的，而父母若是請假，工作上可能會面臨負面評鑑的後果，或是受到不當對待。

育嬰假的時間也會更動。新北市勞工局局長謝政達表示，他們將會為父親們增加三到七天的假期，讓他們能夠有時間幫忙髮妻並有時間陪陪新生兒。其中有三天會支薪。

謝政達希望這些改變將會鼓勵人口成長。謝政達表示：「這些法規目的是要藉由填補《性別工作平等法》的不足，以鼓勵年輕夫妻生兒育女。」

(Local) Paternity Maternity Leave To Be Lengthened

The New Taipei City Government has passed a draft bylaw on prenatal maternity and paternity leave that will lengthen post-pregnancy leave and address prenatal examination leave.

The law, entitled New Taipei City Gender Equality in Employment Bylaw, was presided over by Mayor Eric Chu and, if passed by the New Taipei City Council and approved by the Executive Yuan, will entitle mothers-to-be to five days of half-paid prenatal examination leave and fathers-to-be two unpaid days to accompany them. Prenatal examination times are currently not protected under the law, nor are sick days transferable for such purposes, and parents could face negative performance evaluations at work or be improperly treated if they take days off.

Post-pregnancy times will also change. According to New Taipei Citys Department of Labor Affairs Director Hsieh Cheng-ta, they will increase from three to seven days for fathers in order to allow them time to help their wives and spend with their newborns. Three of these days will be paid.

Hsieh hopes that the changes will encourage population growth. Hsieh stated, The bylaw aims to encourage young couples to have children by making up for the deficiencies of the Act of Gender Equality in Employment.

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