Before acting in the National Congress against the 30-day period, the CNI (National Confederation of Industry) reduced the benefit for its own employees from 8 to 5 calendar days.
The reduction was one of the main discussions during this year’s salary campaign for workers in the national Industry System, which includes CNI, Sesi (Industry Social Service), Senai (National Industrial Learning Service) and IEL (Euvaldo Lodi Institute).
Until the last collective agreement, employees were entitled to 8 consecutive days from the birth of the child or the court decision that guaranteed adoption.
With the renegotiation, the period was reduced to 5 calendar days — exactly the minimum required by the CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws) and less than that provided for in the Citizen Company Program, which guarantees a total of 20 days of paid time off.
Despite the base date of May 1st, the 2025/2026 collective bargaining agreement was signed on September 22nd and published on October 1st. Bereavement leave and marriage leave have also been reduced. The CNI was contacted for the report, but did not want to comment.
Businesspeople from industry, commerce and services worked to prevent the extension of paternity leave to 30 days, as advocated by the bill’s rapporteur, Pedro Campos (PSB-PE), and the Lula government (PT).
With lobbying from the sectors, federal deputies approved on Tuesday (4) the gradual extension of the benefit from the current 5 days to 20 days from 2027.
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