#Panama 🇵🇦 #BDS_LaborAlert: Paternity Leave Protection Effective from January 1, 2024
In 2021, Act 238 was published in the Official Gazette, which extended the scope of the maternity leave protection regime to include fathers, commonly known as "paternity leave protection regime." Article 7 of this law stated that it would come into effect the day after the lifting of the state of emergency declared due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.