Easily manage employment in Honduras

Employees can enjoy up to 20 days of paid vacation annually, depending on their tenure with an employer. Up to 1 year of employment: 10 days of paid vacation 1-2 years: 12 days of paid vacation 2-3 years: 15 days of paid vacation 4+ years: 20 days of paid vacation

There are 10 public holidays that employees can take off work.

Any sick leave that exceeds a three day period must be allowed by employers as long as it is certified by the Institute of Social Security. Salary from sick leave that does not exceed three days must be covered completely by the employer. Sick leave after the fourth day will be paid as follows: - The IHSS will pay 66% of the ceiling in force (which changes every year in connection to the approved minimum wage) - The employer will pay the difference between the employee’s actual salary and the subsidy paid by the IHSS.

New mothers are entitled to a minimum mandatory maternity leave period of 42 days before birth and another 42 days after birth. Maternity benefits are paid for jointly by the employer and the social security. The employer must pay the difference between 66% of a ceiling published every year based on the approved minimum wage and the employee’s actual salary.

There are no provisions for parental or paternity leave under Honduran law.

The Labor Code establishes that employers must give permission to the employee to be absent from work in case of public duties, trade union duties, attending a coworker’s funeral, and serious domestic calamity (this is not defined by the Work Code, but it is mostly invoked in cases of sickness or death of immediate relatives). - Bereavement leave: Although bereavement leave is not expressly provided by law, the employer can give PTO for serious domestic calamity. - Marriage leave: Couples qualify for five consecutive days of paid marriage leave. - Civil & union duty: Workers can take up to six days off for union engagements and up to half a day for attending court proceedings.