First Condition: Type of work
You worked in a job that is recognized as vital work for the purposes of payment of the grant.
Second Condition: Minimum period of time
You worked for 6 full months (consecutive or not consecutive) in one of the jobs recognized as vital work, over the course of 2 years (24 months) from the date that you were discharged from compulsory service.
The job must be full time, as customary at that work place, and you must work at least 150 days.
In agricultural work, you can work for at least 4 months (at least 100 work days) and receive a partial grant.
Reserve service days are not counted as work days.
If a 5 day work-week is the norm in your workplace and you worked 5 days a week, you will be deemed to have worked 6 days a week for the purpose of calculating the work days.
Third Condition: Entitlement to the unemployment benefit
If you first began to perform vital work during the first year after your discharge from the IDF, you are not required to be entitled to the unemployment benefit. If you first began to perform vital work after a year from the date of your discharge, you must be entitled to the unemployment benefit on the date that you start the vital work.
You are entitled to the unemployment benefit if you accumulated the period of work prescribed by law, in any job whatsoever, in the year and a half that preceded the start of the vital work.
The period of work that entitles you to the unemployment benefit:
- Monthly worker: If you worked for 360 days out of the 540 that preceded the start of the vital work.
- Daily worker: If you worked for 300 days out of the 540 that preceded the start of the vital work.
180 days of compulsory military service and all reserve service days during the period of 540 days are considered work days for the purpose of establishing entitlement to the unemployment benefit.
The period of work for the purpose of examining entitlement to the unemployment benefit can be consecutive or non-consecutive, and work can be performed for several employers, provided that the required number of days is accumulated within the year and a half that preceded the commencement date of the vital work.
Please note:
Because entitlement to the grant is contingent on entitlement to the unemployment benefit, and because your entitlement to the unemployment benefit is automatic in the first year after your discharge from compulsory service, it is best to begin engaging in vital work during the first year after your discharge.
For those discharged from career military service:
The period of your career service is considered a period of work for the purpose of accumulating the number of work days required to receive the unemployment benefit.
You are not entitled to the grant in the following cases:
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You first began to perform vital work during the second year after your discharge and during the first year you did not accumulate the number of days required for entitlement to the unemployment benefit. In other words, you were not entitled to the unemployment benefit on the day you started the vital work.
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You first began to perform vital work after 19 or more months had elapsed since your discharge from compulsory service (you will not have the time to accumulate 6 months of vital work in the 24 months since your discharge).
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You began performing vital work after 24 months had elapsed since your discharge from compulsory service.
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You did not work in the type of jobs or in the workplaces that are recognized by law as vital work.
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You were late in submitting your claim for a grant.