LAW NO. 21,042 APPLIES TO THE WORKER WHO CELEBRATES A CIVIL UNION AGREEMENT THE WORK PERMIT GRANTED TO THOSE WHO ARE MARRIED Having present that the National Congress has given its approval to the following bill initiated in motion of Mr Claudio Arriagada Macaya, Osvaldo Andrade Lara, Lautaro Carmona Soto, Giorgio Jackson Drago, Jaime Pilowsky Greene, Rene Saffirio Espinoza, Patricio Vallespin Lopez and Matias Walker Prieto, and the H. Diputados Marcela Hernando Pérez and Camila Vallejo Dowling, Bill: " Single article.-Replace the Article 207 a of the Labour Code: " Article 207 a.-In the case of marriage or a civil union agreement, in accordance with the provisions of Law No 20,830, every worker shall be entitled to five working days. continuing paid leave, in addition to the annual holiday, regardless of service time. This permit may be used, at the choice of the worker, on the day of the marriage or the civil union agreement and in the days immediately preceding or after its conclusion. The worker must give notice to his employer thirty days in advance and submit within thirty days of the celebration the respective marriage certificate or civil union agreement of the Civil Registry Service and Identification. ".". " And because I have had to approve and sanction it, therefore promulgate and take effect as Law of the Republic. Santiago, October 31, 2017.-MICHELLE BACHELET, President of the Republic.-Alejandra Krauss Valle, Minister of Labor and Social Welfare.-Jaime Campos Quiroga, Minister of Justice and Human Rights. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Jorge Millaquen Mercado, Assistant Secretary of Labor (S).