On May 23, 2017, the Panamanian government established the
Paternity Leave, by means of the Law No 27 of May 23, 2017.
For the purposes of this law, any employee of a private company
or public servant whose wife or cohabiting partner (in conditions
of uniqueness and stability) in a state of pregnancy, shall be
granted with a paternity leave of three (3) labor days, counted as
effective service time. During this period the beneficiary
cannot work for another employer or for his own account.
This license will be conceived at the moment of the birth of the
son or daughter.
In order to be eligible for this benefit, the worker shall
notify the employer with a prior notice of one (1) week, about the
probable date of birth of his wife or cohabiting partner.
