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Unemployment - Benefit rates

The daily rates of the unemployment benefit are calculated in percentages after comparing the average daily salary for the purpose of calculating unemployment benefit with the basic daily amount for calculating benefits: NIS 319 (as of 01.01.2010) .

Please note: If, after termination of your employment, you received payments from your employer for the past 75 work days, you can contact the National Insurance Institute to check your entitlement to the difference in unemployment benefits.

The rates of the unemployment benefit are calculated in percentages of your average daily salary, for calculating unemployment benefit, maximum unemployment benefits, cost-of-living increments, maternity leave, employment at low pay, vocational training, pension recipients, etc.

Rates of unemployment benefit in percentages of the unemployed person’s average daily salary - according to Table G of the National Insurance Law

Column A - those 28 years of age or older;
Column B - those below the age of 28 (applies to anyone who began being unemployed as of March 1, 2007).

 

Column A

Column B

1. From the part of the salary that is up to half the basic daily amount

80%

60%

2. From the part of the salary that is higher than half the basic daily amount up to 3/4 of the basic daily amount

50%

40%

3. From the part of the salary that is higher than 3/4 of the basic daily amount up to the full basic daily amount

45%

35%

4. From the part of the salary that is higher than the basic daily amount up to 5 times the basic daily amount

30%

25%

An example of the calculation of unemployment benefit for an unemployed person who is 28 years of age or older:

Basic daily amount for calculating benefits: NIS 319 (as of 01.01.2010) .
Average daily salary for unemployed - NIS 250.

 

Salary

Unemployment benefit

Total daily salary

NIS 250

 

1. From the part of the salary that is up to half the basic daily amount for calculating the benefit

153.5

122.8

( 80% * 153.5)

2. From the part of the salary that is higher than the basic daily amount for calculating the benefit up to 3/4 of the basic daily amount

76.75

38.38
( 50% * 76.75)

3. From the part of the salary that is higher than 3/4 of the basic daily amount for calculating the benefit up to the full basic daily amount

19.75

8.88
( 45% * 19.75)

4. From the part of the salary that is higher than the basic daily amount up to 5 times the basic daily amount

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Total unemployment benefit per day

 

NIS 170.06

Please note: If there was compensation for a cost-of-living increment during the unemployment period, your average daily salary will be increased according to the amount of the compensation.

Amounts of unemployment benefit based on the worker's salary before the unemployment period

         New mother - If, due to maternity leave or unpaid leave immediately after the maternity leave, she is absent from work before the first of the month in which the unemployment period started, her average daily salary will be increased at the rate of the increase of the average salary in the economy from the first of the month after the month of termination of her employment.

       An unemployed person who is undergoing vocational training will be paid 70% of the unemployment benefit after deduction of the payments given to him in the vocational training. However, under an amendment in force as of January 1,2009, there are certain types of vocational training for which a full rate of unemployment benefit will be paid.

      However, under an amendment in force as of January 1, 2009, there are certain types of vocational training for which a full rate of unemployment benefit will be paid:

               Welding and locksmith's work

              Computer chip processing

             Designing and creating dies

             Foundation and construction work, and industrial construction

               Machine operating and building tools and patterns – plastic or metal expertise

             Textile – operating weaving machines, dying

         Authentic cooking

            Mechanical equipment, mechanics, electricity and operating engineering

         Skilled assistance

            Production work in electronics

        An unemployed person age 35 or over, whom the Employment Service Bureau has referred to a low-pay job.

        An unemployed person who is below the age of 35, whom the Employment Service Bureau has referred to a low-pay job.

         An unemployed person who has income from a benefit he receives due to retirement from a job (pension).

         An unemployed person who has income from work (employee) or occupation (self-employer).

 

Calculation of unemployment benefit

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