Co -founder of the Copai Coalition, Camila Bruzzi defends 60 days of work removal; deadline determined by the STF to act congress already burst
Engineer Camila Bruzzi, president and founder of (Paternity License Coalition), projects approval by the National Congress, still in 2025, the expansion of paternity license. The benefit, currently 5 days, remains unchanged since 1988.
This Sunday (10.ago.2025), Father’s Day, Bruzzi told the newspaper that “Increased paternity license can transform Brazil and has the basic ingredients to form a more prosperous generation”According to her, the 60 -day benefit would have a less than 1% impact on the pension budget.
The agenda gained impetus in 2023, when the Supreme Court (STF) . The urgent regime for the matter, but was not ahead. The action of National Confederation of Health Workers follows in progress in the Supreme Court.
The current benefit of only 5 days of paid removal can reach 20 days in companies that participate in the Citizen Company program. Some companies go further on their own initiative. At least 30 companies in Brazil already offer 2 months of paternity leave.
Brazil is among the countries that offer the lowest time for paternity leave in the world, alongside Mexico, which grants 1 week. In Colombia it’s 3 weeks. In Portugal, 22 weeks, and in South Korea, 54 weeks.
