Death of a spouse entitles to twenty days absence from work (instead of five) Another amendment to the Labor Code provides that parents are also entitled to three days absence due to gestational mourning.

Deputies of the labor commission approved a rule according to which employees are entitled to twenty days off in connection with the death of a spouse instead of the current five.

The worker can then be honorably absent “for up to 20 consecutive days due to the death of a spouse not separated from person and property, child, or foster child,” according to wording approved by the working group in the affirmative vote of the PS, PSD, and PCP indicative form.

However, the PS sentence also clarifies that in the event of the death of a daughter-in-law or son-in-law, the number of days of absence is five, not twenty.

Parents will have the right to miss three days due to gestational mourning

The measure was approved in a working group by deputies but sparked discussion about its application to the mother, with the opposition saying the right could coincide with 14 days’ leave.

Deputies of the labor committee approved a new article on the specialty, providing that the father (as well as the mother) has the right to miss three days of work due to gestational mourning.

Votes are held indirectly and must be confirmed by the committee.

“The father has the right to miss work up to three consecutive days” when the mother’s leave or absence is confirmed, which is now granted to the mother, the PS proposal says, which was unanimously approved.

In the case of the mother, the proposal provided that she was entitled to those three days only in cases where she did not take 14 to 30 days of abortion leave (already provided for by law).

Opposition deputies did not agree with the amendment, as they questioned the articulation of the right to leave.