SDG 5: Gender Equality
Expanded Maternity Leave and Paternity Leave
Republic Act No. 8187 or the Paternity Leave Act of 1996, enacted on June 11, 1996, grants married male employees seven (7) days of paternity leave for the first four (4) deliveries, whether childbirth or miscarriage, of their legitimate spouse, and the implementing rules of which was issued by the CSC and the Department of Health (DOH) through Joint CSC-DOH Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 1, s. 1996;