Unemployment

It is important to report to the Employment Service bureau for the first time immediately after termination of  work.

If you do not report to the Employment Service bureau immediately after you stop working,  you are liable to lose your entitlement to unemployment benefit. 

Furthermore, the unemployment benefit will be paid to you only for the period that is after the first time that you reported to the Employment Service bureau.

Even someone who began to receiving the unemployment benefit only 90 days from termination of  work (because he left his job of his own volition, without justification) must report to the Employment Service immediately after termination of the work so as not to lose his entitlement to unemployment benefit

This site describes the four conditions that you have to meet in order to be entitled to the pension.

A worker who goes on an unpaid vacation, not voluntarily, may be entitled to unemployment benefit under the conditions and at the rates indicated in this chapter. 

The worker may be entitled to the unemployment benefit on condition that he has been on unpaid leave for at least 30 days. If he still has vacation days left, he will not receive payment for the first unemployment days, the same number of days as the number of vacation days that he had left before starting his unpaid leave.

Law and accounting interns who completed their internship and who registered for an ordination test that will take place on June 2, 2010 or thereafter, will not be entitled to unemployment benefit for a period of 2 months preceding the date of the test.

Restrictions on entitlement to unemployment benefit:
An unemployed person who is receiving one of the following payments will not be entitled to employment benefit at the same time:

Working abroad can serve as a qualifying period for unemployment benefit only for someone who worked abroad for an Israeli employer under a contract entered into in Israel.

Nevertheless, someone who worked in Austria, Holland or Sweden (countries with which the State of Israel has signed an unemployment convention) can, under certain circumstances, add the qualifying period for unemployment benefit that was accumulated in a country with which there is a convention, to the qualifying period for unemployment benefit that was accumulated in Israel.

Payment of unemployment benefit to someone who stayed abroad - Only short absences of a few days which do not prevent you from reporting routinely to the Employment Services Bureau will not affect entitlement to unemployment benefit.

If you are between the ages of 15 and 18, you are not covered for unemployment insurance because of your age, but you are eligible for an unemployment grant if you contribute 20% or more to the support of your parents, or if you have no parents.

If you are not satisfied with a decision made by the National Insurance Institute, you are entitled to appeal the decision to the Labor Court.