Due to the war and in light with the extensive reserve service deployment, the National Insurance, the Ministry of Defense and the economic accountant of the Ministry of Finance reached an outline summary - on paying a benefit for the period of reserve service as soon as from the beginning of November and not at the end of the service period, as done so far.
Self-employed
They will receive an automatic payment as follows:
- Those who ended their service during the month of October - will receive the benefit a few days after the end of their service.
- Those whose period of service continues also in the month of November - will receive the benefit for the month of October at the beginning of November.
The amount of the benefit will be determined according to the advances declared to us.
Non-working citizens and students
They will receive an automatic payment at the beginning of November, without needing to submit a claim.
The benefit will be of the minimum amount of NIS 310.52 (as of Jan 01, 2024) per day.
Please note that if you don't have any bank account updated in our records - it is advised to update it on our website now.
Salaried employees
They will continue to receive their usual compensation from your employer at the current wage amount.
Employers
By law, you have the obligation to pay during reserve service a benefit amounting to the usual wage, as if the employee didn't deploy in reserve service.
To help you during that period, you will be able to submit a claim for refund of benefit payment to employees on a monthly basis, even if the service has not ended and is still ongoing.
For instance: for a benefit paid to an employee in the month of October, you will be able to submit a refund claim in the month of November, even if that employee is still deployed in reserve service.
Please note that for an employee who carries on serving even in the month of November - you have to report on the claim form an ending date of service on 31.10.23.
Important information!
- This move is the result of the cooperation and synchronization of the National Insurance and the Ministry of Defense, which will transfer the lists of active reservists in order to pay them a benefit at the beginning o f the month. Furthermore, the economic accountant at the Treasury was involved in this move and made the execution of payments in this timetable possible, which amount to billions of NIS.
- At the National Insurance, we would like to clarify the they expect large employers, without cash-flow issues, such as: banks, large corporations - not to overload the system and priority will be given to small and midsize businesses, with a special sense of social responsibility and solidarity in these trying times.