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25th Knesset · outgoing

National Insurance Law (Amendment – Eligibility for Maternity Pay for Female Reservists) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הביטוח הלאומי (תיקון - זכאות לדמי לידה עבור משרתות מילואים)

TL;DRThe bill changes the definition of the qualifying date for maternity allowance, so that a period of reserve service during pregnancy will count as qualifying for the allowance.

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What does the bill do?

The bill amends the National Insurance Law so that a woman who was in reserve service during pregnancy will be considered insured for the purpose of eligibility for maternity allowance even if her reserve service ended during the pregnancy. Currently, reserve service is not considered a period that qualifies for maternity allowance, which may lead to loss of eligibility for women who stopped working to report for reserve duty while pregnant. The bill seeks to correct this gap in the law by expanding the definition of the qualifying date to include periods of reserve service that ended during pregnancy.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 3, 2024

The votes on this bill

Passed36 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 84 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudFor 5 · Absent 27
ShasFor 3 · Absent 8
United Torah JudaismFor 2 · Absent 5
Otzma YehuditFor 2 · Absent 4
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidFor 17 · Absent 7
Ra'amFor 1 · Absent 4
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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