חוק התוכנית לסיוע כלכלי (הוראת שעה) (תעסוקה), התשפ"ו-2026Economic Assistance Program Law (temporary provision) (Employment), 2026 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

This Law establishes the arrangement for the payment of unemployment insurance to workers who were dismissed or placed on unpaid leave during Operation Lion's Roar. Under the Law, eligibility for unemployment benefits will apply to anyone who was placed on a continuous period of unpaid leave of only 10 days. In addition, the Law shortens the qualifying period required for eligibility to 6 months, cancels waiting days, and establishes special relief of only three months of qualifying period for populations such as persons with disabilities, evacuees, and spouses of reserve-duty soldiers or wounded war veterans, while also granting renewed eligibility to those who had exhausted the maximum unemployment period in the past under previous wartime arrangements. At the same time, similar eligibility for a special grant was granted to those aged 67 and over, since they are not eligible for unemployment benefits due to their age, and amendments were established in the Women's Employment Law ensuring eligibility for maternity benefits for insured women who received unemployment benefits during this period, as well as protections against dismissal, including a provision that the period of unpaid leave under the current arrangement will not be counted as part of the protected period against dismissal following maternity leave, and that absence from work due to emergency provisions will not be considered a reduction in employment scope or income. It is further established that the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Labor will have the authority to apply the arrangement under this Law by order, should a special home front situation be declared again, until the end of 2027. Finally, it is established that the State Treasury will reimburse the National Insurance Institute for the costs under this Law.

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