How to keep employees: Offer cat food subsidies

In Japan, some companies are even giving paid leave when pets die

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Tokyo software developer Eureka allows employees to show up with sick animals and offers paid time off so workers can take their pets to vets.

MARI HATANAKA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- A growing number of Japanese companies are introducing pet-friendly benefits, offering employees days off for the birthdays or losses of their dogs or cats -- and even allowing them to bring their pets to the office.

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