Leave, Sick Days & Benefits
Severance Pay (Pitzuim)
- Over 1 year with one employer → right to pitzuim
- 1 month salary per year
- Part may be in pension fund
- Check your fund accumulation
Pitzuim is severance pay upon termination. If you worked for one employer for over a year, you're entitled to one month's salary per year of employment.
Part of pitzuim may accumulate through the pension fund (since 2008 employers must contribute to pension). Check how much has accumulated in the pension fund and how much the employer still owes.
Termination & Rights Protection
When Your Rights Are Violated
- Keep payslips, contract, messages, schedule photos
- Maintain your own hour records
- Kav LaOved — hotline for migrants
- You can file a claim without a lawyer
- Statute of limitations — 7 years
Keep all documents: payslips, contract, correspondence with employer, photos of shift schedules. Maintain your own record of hours worked. This evidence is critical.
Contact the Kav LaOved hotline (worker's hotline for migrants) or a trade union. You can also file a complaint with the Ministry of Labour online or in person. The statute of limitations for labour claims is 7 years.
Basic Working Conditions
How to Verify Pay Conditions
Before starting work, request the employment contract and carefully read: pay rate (monthly or hourly), work schedule, overtime terms, pay dates.
Each month compare your payslip against actual hours worked. Check pension contributions through your pension fund. If anything doesn't match — document the discrepancy and contact the employer in writing.
For New Workers
Required Documents
For employment you typically need: ID (teudat zehut or passport with visa), bank account number for salary transfer, kupat holim (health fund) number.
Foreign workers also need a work permit. The employer must provide an employment contract — don't start working without one.
What to Check Before Starting
Before day one make sure: you have a written contract with rate and schedule, overtime terms are explained, you know when and where you'll get payslips, the employer is registered (check via Ministry of Labour website).
If something is promised verbally but they refuse to write it down — that's a serious red flag.
What to Watch for in Job Listings
A good listing shows: specific pay rate, exact address or area, work schedule, company name. If the rate says "negotiable" — clarify before the interview.
Watch out for: no company name, unrealistically high pay for simple work, a required "deposit" or training fee, no exact address.
How to Spot a Suspicious Offer
Fraud signs: they ask money for employment, promise unrealistically high pay, refuse to show a contract, offer work "off the books" (no payslip), pressure for immediate decision.
A legitimate employer never asks for money. If you're asked to transfer money before starting work — it's a scam.
Practical Tips
Questions to Ask Before Starting
What is the exact pay rate? How is overtime paid? Are there pension contributions? When exactly is salary paid? Will there be a written contract? Is it a 5- or 6-day schedule?
Is travel reimbursed? What happens if I'm sick? What are the leave terms? Answers should be in the contract — if the employer avoids answering, that's a reason to reconsider.
When to Walk Away
Don't accept if: no written contract and employer refuses to provide one, rate is below minimum wage, they ask you to pay for employment or "training", work is offered without payslips.
Also walk away if: they pressure for an immediate decision, conditions are too good to be true, or the employer refuses to answer basic questions about pay and conditions.