Work disability benefits

The form Claim for Determining Degree of Work Disability should be submitted to the National Insurance Institute branch closest to the place of residence.

An insured for whom a degree of work disability has been established (even 0%) is no longer entitled to an injury allowance for that injury.

The claim should be submitted within 12 months from the date of the injury. Submission of the claim after that time may adversely affect entitlement to the benefit, in whole or in part. It is best to submit the claim for determining the degree of work disability as soon as possible after the end of the period of payment of the injury allowance.

An insured who submitted a claim for a work disability pension is summoned to appear before a medical committee (composed of one or more doctors who are not employees of the National Insurance Institute, and are specialists in the type of injury sustained by the insured).

The medical committee examines whether the insured’s disability is the result of the work injury and the extent of the injury, and determines the degree of the insured’s work disability. When necessary, the committee includes a medical consultant in its deliberations, or asks the insured to undergo additional examinations.

The medical committee establishes the degree of your disability according to a list of medical impairments that is defined in the National Insurance Regulations.

Next to each medical impairment on the list there is a defined percentage of disability that must be established.

The list of medical impairments appears on the National Insurance Institute website (www.btl.gov.il) in the section “Laws and Regulations”.

A decision of the medical committee on the degree of work disability can be appealed to the medical appeals committee. The appeal, together with the reasons, must be submitted in writing within 30 days from the date of receipt of notification of the medical committee’s decision (the reasons for the appeal can also be submitted within 60 days from the date of receipt of the notification). The National Insurance Institute is also entitled to appeal the medical committee’s decision to the medical appeals committee.

Your entitlement to a work disability pension starts at the end of the period for which you received an injury allowance. If you were not paid an injury allowance, your entitlement starts the day after the injury.

If you have contracted an occupational disease, your entitlement starts at the end of the period for which you received an injury allowance, and if you have not lost your capacity to work, your entitlement begins from the date on which, in the opinion of the committee, the disability was created by the occupational disease.

The work disability pension is paid on the 28^th of the month (for that month), into the bank account of the person entitled to the benefit. For that purpose, the recipient must specify on the claim form the name and address of his bank and his account number, and attach a canceled check or certification from the bank regarding the account holder’s details.

A members of a kibbutz or cooperative moshav may have the pension paid into the account of the kibbutz or the cooperative moshav.

The work disability grant and all other one-time payments are deposited into the account of the person entitled to receive them, as specified on the claim form for the benefit.

The amount of the grant is equal to the monthly pension multiplied by 43. After receiving the grant, if the condition of the entitled person worsens and a disability of 20% or more is established for him, he will receive a monthly pension and the surplus amount of the grant will be deducted from the pension.

-    Compulsory deductions
-    Deductions under the Health Insurance Law
-    Deductions from the benefit for the Israel Organization of Work Accidents – Disabled and Widows.

         A person who is entitled to a work disability pension for a different injury.
        A person who is entitled to more than one benefit from different NII insurance branches.
        A person who is entitled to a work disability pension for one incident and to a benefit or grant under a different law.

If a person is receiving a monthly work disability pension and his income and his spouse’s income is low, he may submit a claim for an income supplement. The claim should be submitted to the Income Support Department at the National Insurance Institute branch closest to his place of residence.

        Notification of changes
        Exemption from payment of insurance contributions
         Reduction, suspension or termination of pension
        A pension that is not collected by the entitled person
         Badge and certificate

If the recipient of a work disability pension dies at retirement age, or the degree of his disability was 50% or more, a lump-sum grant is paid to his spouse, and if there is no spouse, the grant is paid to his child, provided that the child meets the definition of a child under the National Insurance Law.

The son or daughter of an insured person (including foster child, adopted child and grandchild supported entirely by the insured person, except for a married child) who meets one of the following conditions: *up to age 18; *if completing his studies at a post-elementary educational institution or studying in a framework to complete matriculation exams, or having a learning disability and studying in a framework recognized by the NII– up to age 20; *if in a pre-army IDF framework – up to age 20;* if a volunteer in a framework of public service for up to 12 months and his army service is deferred due to this volunteering – up to age 21; *if serving compulsory service in the IDF – up to age 24; *if serving in the voluntary National Service – up to age 24;*if studying in an "atuda" framework and deferring army service due to studies – up to age 24.

If you are receiving a work disability pension and are staying abroad or you emigrate from Israel, you must notify the National Insurance Institute of the trip or the emigration and request continued payment of the pension. If the NII authorizes continuation of the payment, the pension will be transferred to your bank account in Israel or abroad, at your request.

If a foreign resident is entitled to a work disability pension, it is transferred to his bank account abroad.

Ministry of Finance / Income Tax Commission
Ministry of Finance / Purchase Tax
Ministry of Construction and Housing
Ministry of Justice / Land Registration Department
Local authorities
Ministry of Justice / Commission on Equality for Disabled People