Practice question
A married employee cohabiting with his legitimate spouse already availed of leave for three live deliveries. She later suffers a miscarriage, and the applicable notification and other requirements are satisfied. The employer argues miscarriage never counts as delivery and can never support paternity leave. Which is correct?
- Only live births can ever qualify
- Miscarriage is expressly included, so the stated fourth qualifying delivery can support the statutory benefit
- A miscarriage automatically grants sixty paternity days
- The employer may choose its own definition of delivery
- The father must first terminate his employment
Legal references
- RA8187, Sections 2–3: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1996/ra_8187_1996.html
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