If a Google (GOOG) employee dies, the company will take care of that person's family for a long time.

A new "death benefit" is one of the latest perks at a company famous for caring for its employees. It gives the surviving spouse or domestic partner 50% of that person's salary for the next decade, Forbes reports. The surviving partner will also get all stocks vested immediately.

And if that wasn't enough, get this: Any children will get $1,000 a month from the company until they turn 19 (or until age 23 if they are full-time students).

"Obviously there's no benefit to Google," the company's HR chief, Laszlo Bock, told Forbes. "But it's important to the company to help our families through this horrific if inevitable life event." The benefit also applies to same-sex partners, Google confirmed to Business Insider.

There's no tenure requirement for this benefit, either, meaning that just about all of the company's U.S. employees qualify, no matter how long they've worked for the company.

Google is well known for perks that range from free gourmet food to laundry service to well-padded maternity leave that can last 18 weeks for new moms. The company even offers a concierge who will help busy employees with personal tasks.

One goal of most of its perks is too keep employees happy, healthy -- and more productive. In fact, Google has raised the bar for working conditions for tech companies throughout Silicon Valley.

The company can certainly afford the benefits -- it's sitting on $43 billion in cash -- but the scope of Google's generosity is truly amazing.

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