Easily manage employment in Peru

In Peru, employees are entitled to 30 days of paid holiday annually. A minimum of 15 days is mandatory, and the remaining 15 can be converted into a monetary payout. The government allows advanced holiday days based on work duration. While the original policy required taking the full 30 days consecutively, employees can now request to split the leave. The initial 15 days, which include weekends and holidays, must be taken consecutively, while the second block of 15 days can be divided with a minimum of 1 day, determined through a written agreement or employer decision if needed.

There are 14 public holidays every year.

Employees are entitled to 20 days of paid sick leave, compensated by the employer at a rate equivalent to the employee’s full wages. Starting the 21st day, ailing employees can draw sickness benefits from ESSALUD (Seguro Social de Salud del Peru) the Peruvian social security agency, for the next 11 months, for each instance of illness.

Female employees are entitled to 98 days of fully paid maternity leave, split 49 days before and after delivery. Maternity benefits, which are equivalent to the mother’s full wages, are disbursed by the social security agency.

Fathers are entitled to 10 consecutive days of paid paternity leave for natural births by their partners, and up to 30 days in case of multiple births, delivery complications, illness, or disability of the mother.

- Adoption leave: Adoptive parents are eligible for 30 days of paid leave, for each child adopted below the age of 12.- Hospitalisation leave: Employees can take up to seven days off to cater to ailing or injured 1st-degree relatives.- Civil duty leave: Firefighters and military personnel can take paid leave from work if they’re called up for service.- Leave for breastfeeding: The working mother, at the end of the postnatal period, is entitled to 1 hour a day of breastfeeding leave, until her child is one-year-old. In the case of multiple births, the breastfeeding leave will be increased by an additional 1 hour a day.- Time Off for early detection of breast and cervical cancer: Working women are entitled to paid time off for screening exams to prevent cervical and breast cancer. The request should be submitted 3 working days in advance, and proof of care should be submitted within 3 working days after the exam.