SAO PAULO
(AP) -- Brazil's social security agency has for the first time granted a
four-month "maternity" leave for a man in a civil union with another
man.
Lucimar da
Silva asked for the leave two years ago when he and his partner adopted a
child.
Brazilian
law mandates that companies provide a four-month paid leave from work for a
mother and five days paid leave for a father.
Silva
argued it would be discriminatory to deny him the longer leave, noting the
social security agency has already approved the four-month benefit for same-sex
couples in which the partners are women.
An agency
statement Thursday says the decision for da Silva does not set a legal
precedent. It says all-male couples with adopted children will have to
individually petition for the four-month leave.
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