Reservists

Dear reservists,

We have gathered on this website all of your rights with the National Insurance in relation to the service.

Important information! You can receive information about the amounts paid to you or to your employer for reserve service on your Personal Service account, this letting you make sure that you have received what is due to you.

Please note that we advise you to check if you are eligible for other benefits from the Aid to IDF Reservists Fund.

For information about the grant to spouses of reservists sent on unpaid leave, click here.

Payment at the beginning of each month

Payment execution

Reserve service benefit is paid in two times:

1. Benefit for days of service

At the beginning of each month you will receive a payment based on the days of service performed in the previous month.
For instance: for the month of January, you will receive a payment early February.

2. Supplement for days of service (40%)

When will the supplement be paid?

As of the month of August onwards, we will pay you the supplement in the following manner:

• For those who are still in reserve service (without a two-month interruption in the service) - we will pay the supplement at the end of the war.
• For those who ended their reserve service - we will pay the supplement after a two-month period since the end of the service.
  For instance: Anyone who ended service in August will receive the supplement in September. And anyone who ended the service in September will receive the supplement in October.

Important information! The supplement will relate to periods of service that have been paid in accordance with service reports that we have received from IDF. In case of discrepancy in the reports, the payment will only be made after the correction of the service period.

How the supplement is calculated? 

Please note that the supplement is not paid for all days of service and depends on the number of effective days of service, as detailed in the table below.

The supplement is calculated as follows: the days of service are divided by 7, and the remainder determines the level of the supplement.

If the remainder is 0 - the supplement is not paid;
If the remainder is 1 - you will receive a supplement of 0.4 days;
If the remainder is 2 - you will receive a supplement of 0.8 days;
If the remainder is 3 - you will receive a supplement of 1.2 days;
If the remainder is 4 - you will receive a supplement of 1.6 days;
If the remainder is 5 - you will receive a supplement 2 days;
If the remainder is 6 - you will receive a supplement 1 day;

For instance:

For a reservist who served 20 days in the month of January - his days of service will be calculated as follows:
20 divided by 7 = 14 + 6 remaining days. For the six remaining days one may receive a supplement of one single day, therefore the benefit will be paid based on 21 days (20 days effectively served + a one-day supplement).
At the beginning of the month of February a payment will be received for 20 days, and in the course of April a one-day supplement will be paid.

Those who performed reserve service, were released then were again deployed as reservists - will receive at the end of each service period a supplement to the benefit.

For instance: 

Those who served 20 days in February, were released then resumed service in January for 20 days will receive a benefit as follows:
For the month of November - will receive a payment for 20 days at the beginning of December + a payment for an additional day during the month of March.
For the month of January - at the beginning of February will receive payment for 20 days + payment for one additional day during the month of April.

Days for the calculation of the benefit