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(d) "Parental leave" - shall mean leave benefits granted to a solo parent to enable him/her to
perform parental duties and responsibilities where physical presence is required.
Section 8. Parental Leave. - In addition to leave privileges under existing laws, parental leave of
not more than seven (7) working days every year shall be granted to any solo parent employee
who has rendered service of at least one (1) year.3
3. PATERNITY LEAVES (RA 8187)
Paternity Leave is granted to all married male employees in the private sector, regardless of their
employment status (e.g., probationary, regular, contractual, project basis). The purpose of this
benefit is to allow the husband to lend support to his wife during her period of recovery and/or in
nursing her newborn child.
SECTION 3. Definition of Term. - For purposes of this Act, Paternity Leave refers to the
benefits granted to a married male employee allowing him not to report for work for seven (7)
days but continues to earn the compensation therefor, on the condition that his spouse has
delivered a child or suffered a miscarriage for purposes of enabling him to effectively lend
support to his wife in her period of recovery and/or in the nursing of the newly-born child.4
Other Leaves:
SERVICE INCENTIVE LEAVE (Article 95 of the Labor Code)- Every employee who
has rendered at least one (1) year of service is entitled to Service Incentive Leave (SIL) of
3 An Act Providing for Benefits and Privileges to Solo Parents and Their Children, Appropriating Funds
Therefore and for Other Purposes [The Solo Parents Act of 2000], Republic Act 8972, 3 & 8 (2000).
4 An Act Granting Paternity Leave of Seven (7) Days with Full Pay to All Married Male
Employees in the Private and Public Sectors for the First Four (4) Deliveries of the
Legitimate Spouse With Whom HE is Cohabiting and For Other Purposes [Paternity
Leave Act of 1996], 3 (1996).
5 Department of Labor and Employment, Handbook on Workers Statutory Monetary
Benefits 24, (2014 ed.).
maternity leave benefit, a female employee should be an SSS member employed at the
6 Id at 26.
7 Id at 34.