childcare leave allowance
A specific social insurance benefit paid during childcare leave under Japanese employment insurance law.
You apply for the childcare leave allowance through your company.
The childcare leave allowance is paid from employment insurance.
育児休業 is the childcare leave itself, while 育児休業給付 is the monetary allowance paid during that leave.
Compound of 育児 (childcare), 休業 (leave from work), and 給付 (benefit/payment). A modern administrative term.