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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ______ 
Introduced by Hon. MARVIN C. RILLO 
Representative, Fourth District, Quezon City 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Under the Constitution, the State recognizes the Filipino family as the 
foundation of the nation and is, thus, mandated to actively promote its total 
development. 
As such, under Republic Act No. 11210, otherwise known as the 
Expanded Maternity Leave Act, Filipino mothers are granted with an increased 
maternity leave period of 105 days with pay, with an additional 15 days of leave 
with pay for solo mothers; and an option to extend such leave for an additional 
30 days without pay, for female workers.  
This Act also allows the mother to allocate up to seven (7) days of such 
maternity leave benefit to the child’s father, without discrimination as to his 
marital status with the child’s mother.  
Thus, a father of a child who is legally married to and cohabiting with the 
mother, may enjoy seven (7) days paternity leave, under Republic Act No. 8187, 
or the Paternity Leave Act of 1996, and an additional seven (7) days paternity 
leave under R.A. No. 11210. Meanwhile, an unmarried father, may only enjoy 
up to seven (7) days of allocated paternity leave. 
Accordingly, this measure acknowledges the support and presence 
necessarily required from fathers during childbirth, taking care of their 
spouses or partners during postpartum confinement, and child-rearing; and, 
thus, pushes to amend R.A. No. 8187 by increasing the granted paternity leave 
with pay from seven (7) days to 30 days and expanding the coverage to benefit 
not only fathers who are legally married to and cohabiting with the mother, but 
also to unmarried fathers who cohabit with the mother without legal 
impediment to marry. 
On behalf of the people of the Fourth District of Quezon City, the 
approval of this Bill is earnestly sought.    
 MARVIN C. RILLO 
 Representative 
 4th District, Quezon City 
September 5, 2022
3:30 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ______ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE MARVIN C. RILLO 
“AN ACT EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF AND PROVIDING FOR 
EXTENDED 
PATERNITY 
LEAVE, 
AMENDING 
FOR 
THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8187, AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES” 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 8187 is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
“Section 2. Paternity Leave. Notwithstanding any law, 
rules, and regulations to the contrary, every [married] male 
employee in the private and public sectors, REGARDLESS OF 
EMPLOYMENT STATUS, shall be entitled to a paternity leave of 
[seven (7)] THIRTY (30) WORKING days with full pay for the first 
four (4) deliveries of [the legitimate spouse] HIS PARTNER with 
whom he is cohabiting. The male employee applying for paternity 
leave shall notify his employer of the pregnancy of his [legitimate 
spouse] PARTNER and the expected date of such delivery.  
For purposes, of this Act, delivery shall include childbirth, or 
any miscarriage. 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 8187 is hereby amended to read as 
follow: 
“Section 3. DEFINITION OF TERM. - For purposes of this 
Act, Paternity Leave refers to the benefits granted to a [married] 
male employee, REGARDLESS OF EMPLOYMENT STATUS, 
allowing him not to report for work for [seven (7)] THIRTY (30) 
WORKING days but continues to earn the compensation therefor, 
on the condition that his PARTNER WITH WHOM HE IS 
CONHABITING has delivered a child or suffered a miscarriage for 
purposes of enabling him to effectively lend support to his wife in 
her period of recovery and/or nursing of the newly-born child.” 
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SEC. 3. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any part, section or 
provision of this Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining 
provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.  
 
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive 
orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. 
 
SEC. 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved. 
 
 
 
                                                                    MARVIN C. RILLO 
 Representative 
 4th District, Quezon City