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25th Knesset · outgoing

Foreign Workers Law (Amendment – Non-Application of a Pension Arrangement to a Foreign Worker Employed by an Individual in the Caregiving Sector) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק עובדים זרים (תיקון - איתחולת הסדר פנסיוני על עובד זר המועסק אצל יחיד בענף הסיעוד)

TL;DRCancellation of the requirement to pay a pension for a foreign worker employed by an individual in the nursing care sector, upon the law's entry into force.

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What does the bill do?

The bill amends the Foreign Workers Law in order to remove the pension insurance requirement from an individual who employs a foreign worker in the nursing care sector. The cancellation will apply only to foreign workers who enter Israel after the law takes effect, and not to foreign workers already employed in the country. The reasoning in the explanatory notes includes considerations such as the absence of an intention to settle long-term and the economic difficulty of private employers.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: June 26, 2024

The votes on this bill

Passed53 for · 14 against · 1 abstained · 52 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudFor 26 · Absent 6
ShasFor 6 · Absent 5
United Torah JudaismFor 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismFor 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditFor 3 · Absent 3
NoamFor 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidAgainst 3 · Abstained 1 · Absent 20
Yisrael BeytenuFor 1 · Absent 5
Ra'amAgainst 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alAgainst 4 · Absent 1
LaborAgainst 4

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.