1 Decree N ° 376 the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of EL SALVADOR, considering: I.-that by Legislative Decree N ° 15, dated June 23, 1972, published in the official journal N ° 142, volume 236 of July 31, 1972, the labour code was issued.
II.-that by Legislative Decree N ° 332, date of March 14, 2013, published in the official journal N ° 71, vol. 399 19 April of the same year, was amended article 29 of the Code referred, to establish a license for paternity leave in case of birth or adoption.
III. some sectors have expressed doubts whether such leave should be granted or not with the pay; so to dispel all doubt in your application, it is necessary to issue a new reform of the article mentioned, expressly establishing that employers must pay a benefit equivalent to the ordinary salary.
Therefore, use of his constitutional powers and at the initiative of the deputies David Ernesto Reyes Molina, Santiago Flores Alfaro, Emma Julia Fabián Hernández, Claudia Luz Ramírez García and Richard management clear Kings.
DECREES the following reform to the code of work article 1.-added the d) to the numeral 6) of article 29, in the following way: d) for three days in the case of paternity by birth or adoption; license is granted at the option of the worker from the day of birth, continuously, or distribute them within fifteen days from the date of the birth. In the case of adoptive parents, the period shall run from the date when it is firm respective adoption ruling. For the enjoyment of this license you must present birth certificate or certification of the judgment of adoption, as the case may be. By this license agreement, the employer is obliged to recognize an economic benefit equivalent to the ordinary salary of three days.
Article 2.-this Decree shall enter into force eight days after its publication in the official journal.
GIVEN in the blue room of the Legislative Palace: San Salvador, to the nine days of the month of may of two thousand thirteen.

2 OTHON SIGFRIDO REYES MORALES, PRESIDENT.
ALBERTO ARMANDO ROMERO RODRÍGUEZ, GUILLERMO ANTONIO GALLEGOS NAVARRETE, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT. SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.
DURAN JOSE FRANCISCO MERINO LÓPEZ, FRANCISCO ROBERTO LORENZANA, THIRD VICE PRESIDENT. FOURTH VICE PRESIDENT.
ROBERTO JOSE D'AUBUISSON, fifth Vice President.
LORRAINE GUADALUPE PENA MENDOZA, CARMEN ELENA CALDERÓN SOL STEP, FIRST SECRETARY. SECOND SECRETARY.
SANDRA MARLENE SALGADO GARCÍA, JOSÉ RAFAEL MACHUCA ZELAYA, THIRD SECRETARY. FOURTH SECRETARY.
IRMA PALACIOS LOURDES VASQUEZ, MARGARITA ESCOBAR, FIFTH SECRETARY. SIXTH SECRETARIAT.
FRANCISCO JOSE ZABLAH SAFIE, REYNALDO ANTONIO LOPEZ CARDOZA, SEVENTH SECRETARY. EIGHTH SECRETARY.
Presidential House: San Salvador, twenty-eight days of the month of may of the year two thousand thirteen.
PUBLISHED, Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, President of the Republic.
Humberto Centeno Najarro, Minister of labour and Social Welfare.
D. o. No. 99 volume no. 399 date: 31 May 2013 SV/adar 04-07-2013 legislative index