Basic rights of the worker

A foreign caregiver is covered by Israeli labour law. These are the principles in the procedure and the official booklet. The detail of deductions, weekly rest, vacation, and sick pay is in the booklet that the authority updates.

• Wages are not below the statutory minimum and are paid monthly into a bank account in the worker’s name.
• Adequate housing in the patient’s home, and lawful medical insurance, are required.
• The worker must be reported to National Insurance and contributions must be paid, even without a long-term care benefit.
• A signed employment contract is required.
• The worker’s passport must not be taken or held.
• There is a right to weekly rest, vacation, and sick pay under the law. The percentages and conditions are set out in the booklet.
• Pension contributions are required by law. The booklet explains when the money is available.
• Certain deductions, including for housing, are allowed only under the current rules. The amount depends on those rules and is not published here.

When employment ends, through dismissal, resignation, a long hospital stay, or the patient’s death, the booklets on the authority’s page explain what the worker is owed. A complaint about a breach of rights goes to the commissioner for the rights of foreign workers. A branch can point the way. It is not the authority.

The current edition of the booklet is on the Population Authority’s page.