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25th Knesset · outgoing

Sick Pay Law (Absence due to Child's Illness) (Amendment – Absence due to Hospitalization of a Premature Baby) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק דמי מחלה (היעדרות בשל מחלת ילד) (תיקון - היעדרות בשל אשפוז פג)

TL;DRThe proposal allows parents of premature children to be absent from work for up to 30 days a year due to the child's hospitalization.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the Sick Pay (Absence Due to a Child's Illness) Law of 1993 by adding a new section. The section states that an employee whose child was born premature and was hospitalized is entitled to charge up to 30 days of absence per year to their accumulated sick days or to the vacation days due to them, at their choice. In the case of a single parent or under certain conditions, the entitlement is up to 60 days of absence per year. In calculating days of absence in the future, days of absence already charged in connection with the child's hospitalization will be taken into account.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: February 15, 2023

The votes on this bill

Passed24 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 96 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudFor 3 · Absent 29
ShasFor 8 · Absent 3
Otzma YehuditFor 2 · Absent 4
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 56 seats

Yesh AtidAbsent 24
Ra'amFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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Other bills with a similar name · 2Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.