Unemployment grant for youth - Appealing a decision of the National Insurance Institute

If you think you have been harmed by an action of the Employment Service Bureau in connection with your being sent to work, you are entitled to submit an appeal to the chairman of the appeals committee of the Employment Service Bureau Council . You can appeal the decision of the appeals committee to the District Labor Court.

If the Employment Bureau refuses to provide you with authorization of unemployment, you can apply to the claims officer at the National Insurance Institute and submit a claim for unemployment benefit. After the claim is rejected due to the absence of the authorization, you are entitled to apply to the District Labor Court.

If you are dissatisfied with a decision made by the National Insurance Institute, you are entitled to appeal it to the Labor Court. You must submit the appeal to the Labor Court within 6 months from the date on which you received the written notification of the National Insurance Institute’s decision. You can appeal the decision of the District Labor Court to the National Labor Court in Jerusalem.

If your claim for a benefit is denied and you want to appeal the decision to the Labor Court, you are entitled to apply for free legal aid from the legal aid office of the Ministry of Justice in your area of residence. (you must submit the application on a special form).

The legal aid office will check whether you have a cause of action, and will determine whether you will be given free legal aid.