Memorial Day of Israel’s Fallen soldiers is Monday April 15th, 2013
According to the fallen soldiers law (1963), any employee who is one of the following:
* parent
* grandparent
* spouse
* child
* sibling
of a fallen soldier, is eligible to be absent from work on this day without liability of deduction from pay.
Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut)
Israel’s 65 birthday is Tuesday April 16th, 2013
According to the Independence Day law (1959), This is a paid national holiday. This applies to all employers in Israel.
The day prior to Independence Day (Memorial Day or Erev Yom Ha’atzmaut) is a shortened work day, by law.
Employees who work an 8 hour workday, need work only 7 hours.
Employees who work a 9 hour workday, need work only 8 hours.
Places of employment that have a collective or personal agreement, or custom which is more favorable to the employee than the law, these would take precedence.
There is no deduction for missing hours for this day.
To be paid for Independence Day, you need to have at least 3 month’s tenure with your employer and you need to work the day before and the day after Independence day.
Employers that are not included in the list of places that need to operate on a holiday which is published by the Prime Minister’s Office are not allowed to force their employees to work on Independence Day as publicized by the Israeli Labor Court.
Employees who work for an employer who is included in the list, are entitled to 200% for all hours worked from 24:00 (midnight) on Memorial Day until 24:00 on Independence Day.
Payment for Independence Day needs to be itemized separately on the payslip.
