A male or female (married woman included) salaried worker who find themselves in unpaid vacation, and who are not working in another workplace at the same time, must pay insurance contribution themselves.
If you took an unpaid vacation, you have to produce an authorization from the employer who granted you the unpaid vacation. Insurance contributions for the first months will be paid by the employer at the minimum rate. The employer will be allowed to deduct these insurance contributions from any sum of money disbursed by him to employers.
Insurance contributions paid by salaried workers on unpaid vacation, as of the third month, will also be at minimum rate – NIS 250 (as of Jan 01, 2025), and only on condition that they have no incomes from work and do not simultaneously work as self-employed.