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Childcare Leave Benefit (育児休業給付金)

A government benefit for company employees enrolled in employment insurance who take childcare leave (civil servants should check their mutual aid association or workplace rules). You receive 67% of your pre-leave salary for the first 6 months, then 50%. From April 2025, couples who both take leave can receive 80% for the first 28 days. Your company handles most of the paperwork.

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Documents needed

✓Childcare Leave Benefit Eligibility Confirmation Form + Initial Payment Application (prepared and submitted by your company to Hello Work)
✓Payroll records and attendance ledger (prepared by company)
✓Employment Insurance Card (usually held by the company)
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Steps

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At least 1 month before the expected birth date, notify your company's HR department that you plan to take childcare leave

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After leave begins, your company submits the benefit eligibility confirmation and initial payment application to Hello Work (deadline: by the last day of the month that falls 4 months after leave starts — earlier is better)

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Every 2 months, your company files a payment application with Hello Work, and the benefit is deposited into your account

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When leave ends, your company notifies Hello Work of the termination

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Important notes

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Benefit amounts: 67% of pre-leave salary for the first 180 days (6 months), then 50%

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April 2025 reform: If both parents take leave, each can receive up to 80% for the first 28 days (within the first year of the child's life)

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Eligibility: (1) enrolled in employment insurance, and (2) at least 12 months of employment insurance coverage in the 2 years before leave starts

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Social insurance premiums (health insurance + employee pension) are waived during childcare leave — your net pay may stay similar to the benefit amount

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Leave can be taken until the child turns 1. If daycare cannot be secured, leave can be extended up to age 2

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Paternity leave (産後パパ育休): fathers can take up to 4 weeks within 8 weeks of birth, separately from regular childcare leave

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