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Panama's Paid Paternity Leave Law Takes Effect
25 July 2017
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
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Paternity leave is on the rise globally as cultural attitudes
shift in favor of fathers taking a more active role in parenting.
On May 24, 2017, the Republic of Panama became the latest member of
a growing group of countries that require paid paternity leave. Law
27 of May 23, 2017, grants three business days of paid paternity
leave from the date of childbirth, as long as the male employee
provides his employer with (i) at least one week of notice of his
spouse's or cohabitant's due date, and (ii) a birth
certificate issued by the National Directorate of the Civil
Registry certifying him as the father of the child. The three-day
paid leave qualifies as service time in Panama, and the employee
may not work for any other employer or be self-employed during his
leave.
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