It includes a parental protection where the employee cannot be fired until 30 days after the birth of his child.
He Senate approved a bill that proposes the expansion of the parental leave to 20 days, both for private and public companies, although with some exceptions, as well as the application of a parental jurisdiction that prevents the dismissal of employees 30 days after the birth of their children.
The initiative, presented by the Colorado deputy, Maria Eugenia Rosello and the nationalist, Pedro Jisdonian, It was unanimously approved in both Deputies as in the Senate. In this way, private sector employees will have a total of 20 days of paternity leave.
However, there are some exceptions within the application since, while private sector workers will have 20 consecutive days, a change that will be applied in two stages and will begin to apply from January 2026. In this way, for dependent workersthe duration of paternity leave would be 14 continuous days from the effective date of the law, and 17 continuous days from January 1, 2026.
Meanwhile, public sector workers will be able to choose between the 10 working days already allowed by Law No. 19121 or the 20 consecutive days allowed by this new law. Private sector employees, on the other hand, are already entitled to the 13 days prior to the new regulations under Law No. 18345.
A paradigm shift
The Colorado deputy and promoter of the initiative celebrated the approval on her networks. “This brand new law accompanies the cultural evolution regarding the change of paradigm “traditional culture that mostly attributes childcare to the mother. Paternity leave not only favors the modification of stereotypes, but also recognizes the father as the natural caregiver of the children,” Roselló posted on his X account.
The law will come into force 30 days after the promulgation of the Executive power and can be applied to all births from that date onwards, as well as to licenses that are in progress once the new regulations come into force.
On the other hand, the application of a paternal jurisdiction was also established, which establishes that a collaborator cannot be fired within 30 days of birth, adoption and adoptive legitimation. If this occurs, the worker must be compensated with three salaries, in addition to the corresponding Severance Pay (SOP).
Source: Ambito
