สิทธิการให้นมแม่ในสถานประกอบการ : ประเด็นใหม่ในด้านกฎหมาย (Breastfeeding rights in the workplace: A new legal issue)
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Recognized by various countries, breast milk is a nutritious food and the most beneficial for child physical and intellectual development as well as strengthening immunity. Therefore, World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) launched the campaign to support breastfeeding which has resulted in the laws of various countries having established and protected the rights to breastfeeding as a major issue, which is to determine the appropriate maternity leave with pay. Regarding this matter, Thailand foresees the importance of this issue and endeavors to extend duration of maternity leave and allow the employees to receive the wage by amending the current laws, which are the Labor Protection Act, B.E. 2541 and the Social Security Act, B.E. 2533. However, apart from the above issues, that of the breastfeeding rights in the workplace is another issue that many countries pay attention to. By having the provisions of law requiring that each organization facility must prepare a place for breastfeeding or breast pump during working hours which is not the bathroom or the nursing room. However, Thailand still lacks this awareness. Therefore, In order to promote breastfeeding for better child development and also for benefitting employers and employees including the nation as a whole, Thailand deserves to recognize the breastfeeding rights in the workplace materially.
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1. กองบรรณาธิการสงวนสิทธิ์ในการพิจารณาและตัดสินการตีพิมพ์บทความในวารสาร
2. บทความทุกเรื่องจะได้รับการตรวจสอบทางวิชาการโดยผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ แต่ข้อความและเนื้อหาในบทความที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนแต่เพียงผู้เดียว มิใช่ความคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของมหาวิทยาลัยศรีปทุม
3. การคัดลอกอ้างอิงต้องดำเนินการตามการปฏิบัติในหมู่นักวิชาการโดยทั่วไป และสอดคล้องกับกฎหมายที่เกี่ยวข้อง
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