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Paternity Leave Act of 1996

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

R.A. No. 8187 | 1996-07-07

Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
 
First Regular Session
 
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Friday, the seventh day of July, nineteen hundred and ninety-six.
 
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8187]
 
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
 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
 
SECTION 1. Short Title — This Act shall be known as the...