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25th Knesset · outgoing

Retirement Age Law (Parent Whose Child Died) (Temporary Provision) (Amendment – Converting the Temporary Provision into a Permanent Provision) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק גיל פרישה (הורה שילדו נפטר) (הוראת שעה) (תיקון - הפיכת הוראת שעה להוראה קבועה)

TL;DRA bill to turn a temporary provision of the Retirement Age Law for employees whose child has died into a permanent provision in the law.

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What does the bill do?

The bill cancels the temporary validity of the 2017 Retirement Age (Parent Whose Child Has Died) Law, and turns it into a permanent provision. The law provides that an employer with more than 25 employees will not require an employee whose child has died and who has been employed by them continuously for at least seven years to retire from their job because of their age, for four years from reaching retirement age. A study conducted by the Ministry for Social Equality showed that about 70% of these parents want to remain in their jobs after the mandatory retirement age.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: November 20, 2024

The votes on this bill

Passed26 for · 0 against · 13 abstained · 81 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 68 seats

LikudFor 15 · Absent 17
ShasFor 6 · Absent 5
Otzma YehuditFor 2 · Absent 4
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidAbstained 8 · Absent 16
Yisrael BeytenuFor 1 · Absent 5
Ra'amAbstained 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alAbstained 2 · Absent 3
LaborAbsent 4

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