On April 21, 2006, the Korean government announced its plan to increase employee benefits to give more fathers the opportunity to take paternity leave.  By 2008, all companies will be required to give fathers a period of short-term leave when they have children.  According to the regulation, fathers will not need to use their paid vacation leave when their spouse gives birth; instead, companies will give new fathers extra time off (a few days to a week) when their child is born.

In addition to this new paternity leave policy, the Korean government also announced plans to increase maternity leave payments beginning in 2007.  The government also discussed plans to institute a policy at companies that would allow employees with young children the opportunity to take a couple of hours off per day to spend time with family. Many of these policies are already in place at government companies in Korea, but the Korean government plans to spread these practices to the private sector as well.