You worked for six full months (150 days), consecutive or not consecutive, in one of the jobs recognized as vital work, over the course of two years (24 months) from the date that you were discharged from compulsory service.
Scope of work
The job must be full time, as customary at your particular branch of occupation, in general 8 working hours per day. For any part-time job situation - you can contact us to clarify your eligibility via the website or through the *6050 call center. If a five days work-week is the norm in your workplace and you worked five days a week, you will be deemed to have worked six days a week for the purpose of calculating the work days.
In agricultural work, you can work for at least four months (at least 100 work days) and receive a partial grant.
Vacation days, sick days and reserve service days are not counted as work days, even if you received payment for them from your employer or from the National Insurance Institute.
Extension of the period you are allowed to work in an essential work
- If you served in the reserves in the course of the two years following your discharge from compulsory service, the period for which you may work at vital work will be extended to the length of your cumulative reserve service periods.
- If you were discharged from compulsory service in the period from 1.1.2019 to 31.12.202, and served reserve duty over three years following the discharge - the period for which you may work at essential work will be extended by the accrued length of your reserve service periods.