Practice question
A qualifying married employee properly notifies pregnancy and expected delivery. The employer agrees that the delivery is covered but denies leave because the newborn needs no hospital admission. No such additional condition appears in the applicable terms. Which statutory purpose answers the denial?
- Supporting recovery or nursing the newborn is not confined to hospital admission
- Hospital admission is an express universal prerequisite
- Healthy newborns extinguish statutory leave
- Only intensive care can justify paternity leave
- The spouse’s recovery is legally irrelevant
Legal references
- RA8187 Sections2–3 and6: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1996/ra_8187_1996.html
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