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Employee’s Rights Handbook

Moshe

The “Employee’s Rights Handbook”

The first comprehensive, English language guide to Israeli payroll.
Whether  you are an employer or an employee, a new oleh or an English speaker who has trouble with the Hebrew terms, this publication is for you!

 

Employees:

Understand the terminology, layout and the Hebrew terms on your payslip

Know your rights

Understand the labor laws

What mandatory things need to be itemized on the payslip?

What are the things you need to know upon termination?

How many vacation days are you entitled to?

Is Purim a paid holiday?

What are the rights of a pregnant employee?

 

Employers:

Do your payslips comply with all the new regulations?

Do you issue employees “notification of terms of employment” as required?

Are employees given a fair hearing prior to termination?

Understand what obligatory payments exist in Israel

What is allowed to be deducted from an employee’s salary?

Is an employee who is on maternity leave allowed to work from home?

Must I pay travel expenses to all employees?

What can and cannot be deducted from an employer’s salary?

Are you aware of penalties for infringement on regulations and labor laws? (avoid this by knowing what needs to be done)

 

In this guide you will find:
* An overview of labor laws, regulations, expanded regulation orders, collective
agreements and statutes

* The make-up of the Israeli payslip

* Social Security

* Health Insurance
* Income tax

* Holiday pay, sick day payment, vacation, overtime payment, bereavement leave,
maternity leave

* Minimum wage

* Youth employment
* Advance notice

  • Tips             And much more!

 

A must for employers and employees alike. Get your copy today! This 107 page publication in hard-copy is not available in stores OR Anywhere else, get your copy today !

Price: 100 sh

For orders please go to: Order Here and fill out your details. You will receive an E-invoice for payment after which your book will be mailed to you. Self pickup is available in Jerusalem: Please state if you are interested in this option.Employee's Rights Handbook

Announcing “Employee’s Rights Handbook” book launch and lectures

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Book launch and lecture will be held:

In Jerusalem: on May 19th, 2015  19:00  at AACI Jerusalem, The Glassman family center Pierre Keonig st. corner of 2 Poalei Tzedek st., 4th floor (opposite Hadar mall)

In Tel-Aviv: on June 17th, 2015 16:00 at AACI Tel-Aviv, 94 A Allenby st.

 

The “Employee’s Rights Handbook”

The first comprehensive, English language guide to Israeli payroll.
Whether  you are an employer or an employee, a new oleh or an English speaker who has trouble with the Hebrew terms, this publication is for you!

 

Employees:

Understand the terminology, layout and Hebrew on your payslip

Know your rights

Understand the labor laws

What needs to be itemized on the payslip?

What are the things you need to know upon termination?

How many vacation days are you entitled to?

Is Purim a paid holiday?

What are the rights of a pregnant employee?

 

Employers:

Do your payslips comply with all the new regulations?

Do you issue employees “notification of terms of employment” as required?

Are employees given a fair hearing prior to termination?

Understand what obligatory payments exist in Israel

What is allowed to be deducted from an employee’s salary

Are you aware of penalties for infringement on regulations and labor laws? (avoid this by knowing what needs to be done)

 

In this guide you will find:
* An overview of labor laws, regulations, expanded regulation orders, collective
agreements and statutes

* The make-up of the Israeli payslip

* Social Security

* Health Insurance
* Income tax

* Holiday pay, sick day payment, vacation, overtime payment, bereavement leave,
maternity leave

* Minimum wage

* Youth employment
* Advance notice                       And much more!

 

A must for employers and employees alike. Get your copy today! This 107 page publication in hard-copy is not available in stores, on-line orders:

 

http://www.israpay.com/announcing-the-release-date-for-employees-rights-handbook/

Sick leave during advance notice period

Moshe

Scenario: Employer notifies employee of termination or employee notifies employer of resignation

Fact: During this period the employee is required to work, unless waived by the employer

 

Question: what happens when the employee is sick and procures a doctor’s note ?

Answer:

If an employee is sick during advance notice period and produces a doctor’s sick note to the employer, he is eligible for sick pay, according to the sick day law and contingent on his accumulated sick day balance.

The advance notice period is a work period for all intent and purposes, employer-employee relations still exist, for better and for worse.

This is true when the employer has given notice before termination and when an employee has given notice before resignation.

The date of termination or resignation and end of employer-employee relations remain the same as it originally was written in the advance notification and is not pushed back due to the sick days.

Announcing the release date for Employee’s Rights Handbook !!!!

Moshe

Finally, the long awaited Employee’s Rights Book is to be released in Hard copy. The release date is Sunday March 15, 2015

At present, this is the only format. There may be a PDF purchase option at a later date.

The book is 107 pages of vital information for employers, employees and anyone interested in Employee’s rights, labor laws and the makeup of payroll in Israel.

Announcing the first and only English language guide in simple easy to understand language !!!

The Book also contains a dictionary of common Hebrew payroll terms and their English translation, examples of payroll forms, useful contact information, tips and more.

Get your copy today,  and know your rights !

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Partial Vacation Days

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What happens if an employee takes a half day of paid vacation ?

In terms of payment, they would receive a full day’s pay. However, the issue isn’t as simple when debiting an employee’s vacation day balance. Apparently, as reflected by a recent labor court verdict, which determined that any day that an employee shows up at work is to be considered a work day. The same day cannot be counted twice !

The same would apply towards half days taken as sick days. In actuality, they are work days and travel expenses will need to be paid for them. The missing hours should be deducted as such and the payment should be itemized separately.

The employer and employee can agree on payment for half days and there are certain sectors that have explicit sections about this issue.

 

Change in sick pay rates – April 2011

Moshe

Good news for employees who were forced to take time off work due to illness:

 

Update #4 – 2011 of the sick pay law, effective April 1, 2011 incurs a change in the rates paid:

1st day – no pay (no change)

2nd + 3rd days – 50% of regular pay (up from 37.5%)

4th day onwards – 100% of regular pay (up from 75%)

 

In addition, employees who work a 5 day week – 21 2/3 days will be considered a full month (entitling employee to 1.5 sick days credit). If an employee did not work a full month the  credit will be prorated accordingly. (This is a change from previously 25 days = a full month)

 

Notes:

  • The employee can request a doctor’s note for any illness.
  • The sick days need to be continuous, otherwise the count starts anew.
  • There is no buyout or redemption of unused sick days by law. This is accepted practice only in the public sector.
  • Sick day accrual, credit and debit as well as opening and closing balances for the pay period need to be itemized on the payslip.

 

 

 

Everything you wanted to know about sick pay but were afraid to ask

Moshe

Okay, even if you weren’t afraid to ask.

Sick Pay is specifically defined in the Israeli labor laws and as such is binding to all employers.
Employers can pay more than the law specifies, but may not decrease from these bare minimum requirements.
An employee is eligible to accumulate a credit of 1.5 days for each month worked, or a total of 18 days per year, but no more than 90 days per year.

The criteria for sick pay
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A doctor’s note which lists the employee’s name, I.D. number and specifies the exact dates the employee was sick, as well as the total number of days, the illness and must include the doctor’s name, address and medical license number.
The note should be from the employee’s Kupat cholim and the original needs to be submitted to the employer (usually HR dept or by attaching to monthly time-sheet)

Payment for sick leave
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1st day – nothing
2nd and 3rd days – 37.5% of pay
4th day and on – 75% of pay

Configuration of sick days
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The dates specified (or not) on the sick note can be detrimental in determining an employee’s right to consecutive sick pay or whether the counting of the sick days starts anew.
If someone was sick from Tuesday through Monday, a total of 7 days.
If the sick note list all 7 dates (from… to…) the employee would be entitled to payment as follows:
1st day – nothing
2nd + 3rd days – 37.5%
4th and 5th day – nothing (Friday + Shabbat)
6th and 7th days – 75%

But if the sick note only lists Tues – Thurs (3 days) and a separate note would include Sun and Mon, the payment would be as follows:
1st day – nothing
2nd and 3rd days – 37.5%
for the second sick note, the count of sick days is reset, since they aren’t consecutive days on the sick note.
for the 2nd note payment would be:
1st day – nothing
2nd day – 37.5%

In short, you need to request a sick note from your doctor to include the off days and list all dates that you were absent from work.

If you use a private doctor and not a Kupat cholim doctor, the employer has a right to request the employee to undergo a 2nd opinion diagnosis. If the employee refuses, this could result in a forfeit of sick leave pay.

Children’s illness
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An employee can utilize up to 8 days of his/her sick days annually for a illness of a child up to 16 years old. This is provided that the spouse is working and hasn’t taken leave of absence for the illness as well.
If the employee is a single parent they would be entitled to 12 days annually for their children’s illness as part of their sick leave.
In extreme cases, where a child is diagnosed with cancer or other terminal disease and the child is under 18 years old, the employee is eligible for up to 30 sick days for the child, or 60 days if the employee is a single parent.

Spouse’s or parent’s illness
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For a spouse’s illness and employee can utilize up to 6 days annually if the spouse is totally dependent on the employee in order to do daily activities (as defined in the social security laws), such as dressing, washing, eating and drinking, etc.
The same applies to an employee’s parents, with the added condition that they are 65 years old or more.

There are many employers who pay 100% for all sick days, provided a sick note from a doctor is submitted by the employee.
In the public sector, there are places of employment that pay an employee a “buyout” of all his accrued sick days that haven’t been used, but this is not mandatory and very unusual.

What are an employee’s rights for absence due to a child’s illness ?

Moshe

The sick pay law (absence due to child’s illness), 1993 states:

1. Absence due to child’s illness
(amended 1994, 1997, 1998)
An employee who has a child in his/her
care, that is not yet 16 years old, is
eligible to attribute up to 6 days of
absence per year to his/her child’s
illness at the expense of
utilizing his accrued sick days on the
condition that his/her spouse works and
wasn’t absent from his/her work for same
eligibility period, or the spouse is
self-employed and he/she wasn’t absent
for said sick days or that the child is
solely in the care of the employee.

2. Absence due to a child’s terminal illness
(amended 1997)
a) An employee who has a child in his/her care, who is not yet 18 years old, and has worked for at least one year for the same employer, is eligible to attribute up to 30 days per year of absence due to his/her child’s terminal illness either at expense of his/her accrued sick days of accrued vacation days, at the employee’s choice.
If the employee’s spouse is employed and wasn’t absent for the same sick period or the child is in the employee’s exclusive care, the employee is eligible to attribute up to 60 days per year of absence due to his/her child’s terminal illness
b) in configuring the number of sick days according to this section, days taken in accordance with section 1 will be taken into account.

This law is meant to add to the employee’s rights and not deter from them. Any agreement at a place of work that is more favorable than the law shall stand and this law will not be applicable.

Employer isn’t required to pay sick leave for employee’s absence due to a traffic accident

Moshe

An employer is not required by law to pay an employee sick leave for absence due to a traffic accident !

Case
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Maya, who is employed as a programmer in a Hi-tech firm, was injured in a traffic accident on a Friday (her day off) during her spare time. Because of her injury, Maya will be forced to take a leave of absence of 2 weeks. She has accrued 32 sick days to her credit. Does her employer need to pay her sick leave pay for this leave of absence ?

Answer
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Article 11 of the sick leave law (1976) states:
“An employee will be eligible for compensation for absence from work due to health reasons, except for payment invalid stipend from social security or repercussion pay for damages, will not be eligible for sick leave pay for the period of time he is eligible for the aforementioned payment as such, and for any other period specifically defined by the law that the employee is not eligible for sick leave pay”

Explanation
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person who is injured in a traffic accident, g-d forbid, is eligible to receive compensation money (among other things, for loss of income period) from the Insurance company which insured the vehicle(s) who were involved in the accident. This according to the ‘compensation law for injured in traffic accidents’ (1975), and the applicable statutes and orders relevant. Therefore in this case, the employer is not obligated to pay sick day leave to the employee for this leave of absence from her accrued sick days, unless there is a collective work agreement/widened statute/personal contract/custom in place of employment that specifically states otherwise.

It should be noted that the employer can pay the sick leave days, as a loan until the employee receives the compensation from other sources (but if this is done it should be in writing, in order to avoid possible future misunderstandings)

Also, note that if an employee is involved in an accident during and as a result of work (including traveling on the regular way – without any detours) from his home to work and vis-versa will be considered a work-related accident, which would also entitle the employee for ‘work-related-accident stipend’ from social security.

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