#Nicaragua 🇳🇮 #BDS_LaborAlert: Extended Maternity Leave Subsidy
In Nicaragua, both the Labor Code (Act No. 185) and the Social Security Act (Consolidated Text of Decree-Law No. 974) establish that a pregnant woman is entitled to a maternity leave allowance consisting of four weeks prior to childbirth and eight weeks thereafter, or ten weeks in the event of multiple births. However, this provision has recently been expanded.
