NEC Corp. said Friday it will give workers one-time allowances of 550,000 yen for newborn children starting next July.
The "parent fund" system is designed to alleviate employees' long-term concerns about raising children, NEC said.
In addition, NEC said it will pay another type of special monthly allowance of 5,000 yen to employees raising children or supporting a disabled family member.
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