General expressions for one-loop contributions associated with lepton-flavor violating decays of the standard model-like Higgs boson $$h\rightarrow e_b^\pm e_a^\mp $$
h
→
e
b
±
e
a
∓
and gauge boson $$Z\rightarrow e^\pm _b e_a^\mp $$
Z
→
e
b
±
e
a
∓
are introduced in the unitary gauge. The results are used to discuss these decays as new physics signals in a minimal left-right symmetric model containing only one bidoublet Higgs and a $$SU(2)_R$$
S
U
(
2
)
R
Higgs doublet accommodating data of neutrino oscillations and $$(g-2)_{\mu }$$
(
g
-
2
)
μ
. The numerical investigation indicates that some of these decay rates can reach near future experimental sensitivities.