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25th Knesset · outgoing

Sick Pay Law (Absence due to Child's Illness) (Amendment – Additional Sick Days due to Child's Illness for Spouses of Reservists) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק דמי מחלה (היעדרות בשל מחלת ילד) (תיקון - ימי מחלה נוספים בשל מחלת ילד לבני זוג של משרתי מילואים)

TL;DRThe bill extends eligibility for additional sick days to spouses of reservists who care for sick children.

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What does the bill do?

The bill amends the 1993 Sick Pay (Absence Due to Child's Illness) Law in order to include spouses of reservists in the existing provisions on sick days. This bill allows an employee whose spouse is serving in the reserves to receive increased sick days when they are absent from work to care for a sick child. The change aims to help reservists' families financially in bearing the burden of caring for children on the home front, while reducing harm to their income.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: December 11, 2024

The votes on this bill

Rejected29 for · 50 against · 1 abstained · 40 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 68 seats

LikudAgainst 25 · Absent 7
ShasAgainst 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Religious ZionismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditAgainst 5 · Absent 1
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 3 · Absent 1
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 21 · Absent 3
Yisrael BeytenuFor 3 · Absent 3
Ra'amAbstained 1 · Absent 4
LaborFor 1 · Absent 3

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