Discharged soldier / person who completed a period of volunteer service

Soldiers and volunteers serving in national or civil service are not entitled to unemployment benefit during their service.

Unemployment benefit to a soldier discharged from compulsory service

Discharged soldiers must meet the same conditions of entitlement to unemployment benefit as any other insured individuals:

• To receive the benefit you must report to the Employment Service;
• You are required to accrued a qualifying period360 days for which insurance contributions were paid out of 540 days prior to determining date; For daily employee – 300 days as above out of 540; for minor – 100 days for which insurance contributions were paid, out of prior 360 days as above. of 12 months, over the last 18 months preceding your appearance at Employment Service, as any other insured person. For the purpose of determining the number of months required with respect to the qualifying period, 6 months of compulsory service, at most, can be taken into account.

The maximum period of payment of unemployment benefit for a discharged soldier in the first year after his discharge is 70 days.

The daily unemployment benefit for a discharged soldier who began his unemployment period in the first year after discharge is calculated according to the salary that preceded the start of his unemployment period and, in any case, it may not be less than the minimum amount specified by law for a discharged soldier: NIS 134.64 .

Vocational training courses from the Employment Service

If you have started to study in a vocational training program during the first year of your discharge from compulsory service, you do not have to accrue a qualifying period in order to receive unemployment benefit. Moreover, if during the first year of your discharge from compulsory service you have resigned from your job in order to participate in vocational training, you will be considered as if he gave his resignation for a justified reason.

The maximum period of payment of unemployment benefit for vocational training during the first year of your discharge from compulsory service - is 70 days, at most.

However, if you are eligible for unemployment benefit, you undergo a vocational training and your education is below 12 years of study, unemployment benefits will be paid to you during your studies for a period of 138 days, at most.

The sum of unemployment benefit you will receive will be calculated according to your income before the start of the period of unemployment, but will, in any case, not be less than the minimum amount specified by law for discharged soldier undergoing vocational training, NIS 134.64 .

Unemployment benefit for a person discharged from national or civil service

All conditions of eligibility to unemployment benefit applicable to soldiers discharged from compulsory service, are also applicable the discharged from national and civil service who meet one of the following conditions:

• Performing 24 months of national or civil service;
• A woman who has served in national and civil service for at least 6 months, and who got married within 30 days from the day your service has actually ended.

Someone who served in national and civil service for a shorter period of time, must fulfill the same conditions of entitlement to unemployment benefit as the insured as a whole.

Unemployment benefit to a soldier discharged from permanent service

If you were discharged from permanent military service, you may be entitled to unemployment benefit immediately your discharge.
You must meet the same conditions of entitlement to unemployment benefit as the insured as a whole: you must report to Employment Service and accrue a qualifying period as any other insured person.

Please note, months of permanent military service will be accounted to you as months of work of a salaried employee.

Grant for required work (preferred)

Soldiers discharged from compulsory service who ended their national or civil service, and worked for 6 full months in a required work within 2 years since the day of discharge, are entitled to a grant from the National Insurance Institute - For more information, click here.

Benefit rate as of Jan 01, 2025