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25th Knesset · outgoing

National Insurance Law (Amendment – Maternity Pay for Self-Employed Women – Granting the Right to Part-Time Work) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הביטוח הלאומי (תיקון - דמי לידה לעצמאיות - מתן זכות לעבודה חלקית)

TL;DRA bill to allow self-employed working women to work up to 80 hours a month during the maternity and parenthood period, while keeping their eligibility for maternity allowance.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The bill refers to self-employed working women in Israel and states that a self-employed woman working in her occupation will not be considered self-employed for the purposes of a certain section, if the scope of her work does not exceed 80 hours a month, she has worked in this occupation for at least 12 consecutive months, and the business she owns is a micro or small business. In this way, the bill allows self-employed women to continue working part-time during the maternity and parenthood period, without needing approval from the National Insurance Institute, without losing their eligibility for maternity allowance.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: January 28, 2026

The votes on this bill

Passed34 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 86 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAbsent 32
ShasFor 2 · Absent 9

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 16 · Absent 8
Yisrael BeytenuFor 2 · Absent 4
Ra'amFor 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 3 · Absent 1

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