5.6.3 Maternity policy

Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) has provided maternity support for its female employees since 2 August 2017, and the maternity policy reviewed and reissued on 31 March 2025 was in place throughout 2025. The original announcement of 2 August 2017 gives female employees up to 90 days of paid maternity leave, a further 90 days of unpaid childcare leave, and paid leave for employees to assist their wives after childbirth. The review on 31 March 2025 kept these entitlements and added commitments that protect women from unfair treatment linked to pregnancy, childbirth or maternity leave and support their return to work.

A. Maternity Policy Supporting Women’s Participation (reviewed on 31 March 2025)

Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) has a maternity policy that supports women’s participation. The Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on the Maternity Policy Supporting Women’s Participation was reviewed and reissued in 2025 and announced on 31 March B.E. 2568 (A.D. 2025), so the policy was reviewed within the period 2022–2026 and was in place in 2025. It builds on the maternity provisions in the Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on Rules and Procedures for Leave of University Employees, dated 2 August B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017). Under these provisions, female employees are entitled to maternity leave with salary during the leave period and to childcare leave following maternity leave, and employees may take leave to assist their wives after childbirth. These provisions of 2 August 2017 are described in Section B.

The policy states that pregnancy, childbirth or maternity leave shall not be a basis for unfair discrimination against women in employment, work assignment, performance evaluation, training, professional development or career advancement. It commits the University to support women before, during and after maternity leave, to support their return to work, and to maintain fair access to professional participation and development after they return. Relevant units and supervisors are responsible for facilitating maternity and childcare leave, administering it fairly and promoting awareness of maternity rights, and the University periodically reviews the policy to make sure it continues to support women’s participation.

Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uaqFhH4Pnsy3AjW2BDD-ewyZgoUXYWjK/view

B. Original Policy: Rules and Procedures for Leave of University Employees (announced on 2 August 2017)

SWU first set out its maternity provisions in the Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on Rules and Procedures for Leave of University Employees, announced on 2 August B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017). The announcement was issued under the Srinakharinwirot University Regulation on Personnel Administration B.E. 2559 (2016), following a resolution of the University’s Personnel Administration Committee at its meeting No. 5/2560 on 17 May 2017. Clause 4 lists maternity leave and childcare leave, and leave to assist a wife who has given birth, among the types of leave that University employees are entitled to take.

Under Clause 7, a female employee may take up to 90 days of maternity leave for each birth and receives her salary during the leave. The leave can begin before, on or after the day of birth, and if it overlaps with another type of leave, it is counted as maternity leave from the day it starts. After maternity leave, she may take up to 90 more days of leave to care for her child (Clause 7(4)), without salary. Clause 8 allows a male employee to take up to 15 consecutive working days of paid leave to assist his wife after each birth, within 90 days of the birth. These entitlements remained in force when the University reviewed its maternity policy on 31 March 2025, and they are the basis of the protections described in Section A.

Source: Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on Rules and Procedures for Leave of University Employees, announced on 2 August 2017 (original signed document, pages 1, 2 and 5).