- Voting leave: Paid time to vote in national/municipal elections, based on polling place and workplace location.
- Bereavement leave: consecutive working days after death
– 3 working days: death of spouse/partner, parent, or child (1st-degree kin/affinity).
– 1 working day: death of grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, in-laws, great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, uncles, nephews (2nd–3rd degree kin/affinity).
- Maternity leave: 4 months total—1 month pre-birth and 3 months post-birth.
- Paternity leave: 2 working days off per week during the first 4 weeks after birth.
- Special postpartum leave: 3 months. For the caregiver authorized by PANI (National Child Protection Agency), until the third month after birth.
- Adoption leave: 3 months, which can be divided between the parents.
- Temporary medical leave:
– General illness (Social Security -CCSS-): Employer pays 50% of the salary for the first 3 days; from day 4, CCSS pays up to 60% of the average salary of the last 3 months.Â
– Work-related injury/illness: Workers’ Compensation Policy: From day 1, the insurance company pays up to 60% of the prior month’s average salary.
- Other medical leaves: CCSS may grant additional paid leaves (subsidies) in specific cases, e.g., caregivers of seriously ill children or terminal patients.