COVERAGE

Service
Incentive
Leave

Maternity
Leave
Paternity
Leave

Special
Leave for
Women

Leave for
Victims of
Violence
against

All employees except: government

employees, persons working in the personal
service of another, managerial employees,
officers and members of the managerial
staff, field personnel, those already enjoying
this benefit, those enjoying vacation leave
with pay of at least 5 days, those employed
in establishments regularly employing less
than 10 employees.

All female employees, whether married or

unmarried.

All married male employees in the private

sector regardless of employment status

BENEFIT

Leave of 5 days
with full pay

Maternity leave
benefit of 60 days
for normal delivery
and 78 days for
caesarean delivery

Paternity leave for

7 days for the first
4 deliveries

CONDITIONS FOR ENTITLEMENT

Rendered at least 1 year of service
(service within 12 months, whether
continuous or broken, reckoned from the
date employee started working)

Service Incentive Leave is

convertible to cash.

Should be an SSS member employed at

the time of delivery or miscarriage; must
have given the required notification to SSS
through employer and must have paid at
least 3 monthly contributions within the 12
month period before date of contingency
Must be an employee at the time of
delivery; he is cohabiting with his spouse
at the time she gives birth or suffers
miscarriage; he has applied for paternity
leave with employer within reasonable
period of time; wife has given birth or
suffered miscarriage

Maternity benefit limited to

first 4 deliveries or
miscarriages.

Usage of paternity leave

shall be after the delivery;
Not convertible to cash

Not convertible to cash

Any female employee regardless of age and
civil status

Private sector women employees who are

victims as defined in RA 9262

Special leave
benefit of 2
months with full
pay

Leave up to 10
days with full pay

She has rendered at least 6 months

continuous aggregate employment service
for the last 12 months prior to surgery; she
has filed an application for special leave
within a reasonable period of time from
date of expected surgery; she has
undergone surgery through gynaecological
disorders.

The only requirement is a certification from

the barangay chairman, or barangay
councillor or prosecutor or the Clerk of
Court that an action relative to the matter is
pending.

Gynecological Disorders
disorders that would require
surgical procedures such as
but not limited to dilatation
and curettage and those
involving
the
female
reproductive organ such as
the vagina, cervix, uterus,
fallopian
tubes,
ovaries,
breasts, adnexa, and pelvic
floor as certified by a
competent physician.

Leave may be extended

when the need arises;
Not convertible to cash

Women
and
Children

For solo parents or individuals who is left

alone with the responsibility of parenthood
due to:

Parental
Leave for
Solo
Parents

Giving birth as a result of rape or other

crimes against chastity
Death of spouse
Spouse is detained or is serving sentence
for a criminal conviction for at least 1 year
Physical and/or mental incapacity of a
spouse certified by medical practitioner
Legal separation or de facto separation
Declaration of nullity or annulment of
marriage
Abandonment of spouse for at least 1 year
Unmarried father/mother who has preferred
to keep and rear his/her child/children
Any other person who solely provides
parental care and support to a child
Any family member who assumes the
responsibility of head of the family as a
result of death, abandonment,
disappearance, or prolonged absence of the
parents or solo parent

Shall not be convertible to

cash
Parental leave of 7
days per year with
full pay

Must have rendered at least 1 year of

service, whether continuous or broken; has
notified his/her employer that he/she will
avail of it within a reasonable period of
time; has presented to his/her employer a
Solo Parent ID which may be obtained
from DSWD office of the city or
municipality he/she resides

A change in the status or

circumstance of the parent
claiming the benefit such
that he/she is no longer
left alone with the
responsibility of
parenthood shall terminate
his/her eligibility for the
benefit