Data on the effects of the war: 84,618 claimants for unemployment benefits from the National Insurance since the beginning of the war

Industries from which most claims came: retail, hospitality and food services industry

Since the beginning of October, 86,239 claims for National Insurance unemployment benefits have been received.

Since the 7/10 disaster, 84,618 claims for unemployment benefits have been received, with 61,500 employees put on unpaid leave involuntarily and 23,118 for other reasons such as layoffs and so forth.

Since the beginning of November, 35,577 claims for National Insurance unemployment benefits have been received, with 31,180 employees put on unpaid leave involuntarily and 4,397 stopped working for other reasons.

The times recording the biggest exit on unpaid leave in the economy, according to the National Insurance data, were between 22/10 and 31/10 (with a slight decline over the weekend) and unemployment claims continued to rise as November began.

• It should be noted, in normal times - the average number of claims for unemployment benefits reaches approximately 20 thousand a month. In the summer months, July and August (summer unpaid leave) - there were about 23,000 claims for unemployment benefits. (Table below)

Age Range

Out of the 86,239 claimants for National Insurance unemployment benefits, 51,721 are between the ages of 20 and 40, accounting for 60% of all claims. 33,255 National Insurance unemployment claimants are between the ages of 41 and 67

There are about 330 job seekers aged over 67, who, according to the existing law, are not eligible for unemployment benefits, but under the unpaid leave plan that is being formulated (and has not yet been passed as law in the Knesset) are expected to be compensated. 933 unemployment claimants are under the age of 20.

Labor industries

Of the labor industries from which National Insurance unemployment claims stemmed from, the sectors with the largest claims are wholesale and retail trade (12,027 claims), followed by hospitality and food services industry (9,447 claims), professional, scientific and technical services (8,371 claims), and the industrial and manufacturing sectors (4,391) and closing the top five are the health services and social affairs and welfare services (3,346). (Table below)

Clarifications:

• In the first table, about the number claimants for unpaid leave– please note that the figures have changed from the previous times for 2 reasons:

1. Claims were either submitted by hand or late, and we enter the figures according to the day they were put on unpaid leave and not according to the date of claim submission.
2. There are citizens who have been put on unpaid leave involuntarily and were later laid off.

• To be precise, it is important to note that there are about 20,000 claims for unemployment benefits per month in normal circumstances - and it is relevant to take this into account when examining the data.
• In the unpaid leave table by industry, there are about 27,400 unemployment claimants who did not report their workplace. (Highlighted in yellow for you)