Labor and employment
Votes on workers' rights, wages and employment
Timeline
Second and third reading6The votes where a law passes or fails
Preliminary and first reading27Bills at the start of the process
The proposal imposes a duty on employers and employment agents to check the validity of the foreign worker's permit each time through the government website, before employment and every year.
A bill to extend unemployment benefit rights to self-employed workers, including running a separate insurance branch and setting conditions for payment.
A proposal to extend reservists' entitlement to unemployment benefits based on their days of service, even after the end of the usual period.
A bill to extend the period of protection from dismissal for reservists from 30 days to 90 days after their release.
The amendment sets restrictions on who can receive a permit to place foreign caregivers in nursing care, in order to prevent a conflict of interest between job placement agencies and nursing care companies.
The bill requires employers to check the validity of a foreign worker's work visa before employing them.
The proposal imposes a duty on employers and employment agents to check the validity of the foreign worker's permit each time through the government website, before employment and every year.
A ban on dismissing a family member of a soldier killed in action during the first year of bereavement, except with a permit from the employment committee.
The bill exempts individuals who employ foreign caregivers from the obligation to pay pension insurance contributions.
The bill releases individuals who employ a foreign worker in nursing care from the requirement to pay pension contributions for the worker.
Cancellation 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.
The proposal exempts individuals who employ a foreign caregiver from the obligation to pay pension insurance contributions, for new workers who start working after the law comes into force.
| Date | Vote | Reading | Result | For / Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2026 | Collective Agreements (Temporary Provision) (Special Provisions regarding the Extension of a General Collective Agreement Made due to the Special Situation on the Home Front) Bill, 2026 Government bill | First reading | Did not pass | 0 / 0 |
| February 5, 2026 | Foreign Workers Law (Amendment No. 25) (Duty to Check a Foreign Worker's Permit) Bill, 2026 (P/4346/25) The proposal imposes a duty on employers and employment agents to check the validity of the foreign worker's permit each time through the government website, before employment and every year. Joint initiativeInitiator: Eliyahu Revivo, Evgeny Sova and 5 more | First reading | Passed | 9 / 0 |
| July 2, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Unemployment Benefits for the Self-Employed) Bill, 2025 A bill to extend unemployment benefit rights to self-employed workers, including running a separate insurance branch and setting conditions for payment. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Vladimir Beliak, Simon Davidson and 5 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 25 / 40 |
| June 12, 2025 | Participation of Employees and Officeholders in the Public Service in Measures to Stabilize the State's Fiscal Situation During 2025 and 2026 (Temporary Provision) Law (Amendment No. 2) (Salary Reduction Arrangement for an Employee Whose Workplace Has No Representative Employees' Organization) Bill, 2025 Government bill | First reading | Passed | 24 / 0 |
| June 4, 2025 | National Insurance Law (Amendment – Extending Eligibility for Unemployment Benefits for Reservists) Bill, 2024 A proposal to extend reservists' entitlement to unemployment benefits based on their days of service, even after the end of the usual period. Joint initiativeInitiator: Naama Lazimi, Naor Shiri and 6 more | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 37 / 53 |
| May 28, 2025 | Discharged Soldiers Law (Reinstatement in Employment) (Amendment – Extending the Period of Protection from Dismissal for Reservists) Bill, 2025 A bill to extend the period of protection from dismissal for reservists from 30 days to 90 days after their release. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Moshe Tur-Paz | Preliminary reading | Did not pass | 37 / 51 |
| May 12, 2025 | Participation of Employees and Officeholders in the Public Service in Measures to Stabilize the State's Fiscal Situation During 2025 and 2026 (Temporary Provision) Law (Amendment) (Extension of the Period for Signing a Collective Agreement) Bill, 2025 Government bill | First reading | Passed | 15 / 0 |
| February 5, 2025 | Employment Service Law (Amendment – Increasing Competition in Home Caregiving) Bill, 2023 The amendment sets restrictions on who can receive a permit to place foreign caregivers in nursing care, in order to prevent a conflict of interest between job placement agencies and nursing care companies. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eliyahu Revivo | Preliminary reading | Passed | 12 / 0 |
| December 25, 2024 | Foreign Workers Law (Amendment – Employer's Duty to Check a Foreign Worker's Visa) Bill, 2024 The bill requires employers to check the validity of a foreign worker's work visa before employing them. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Evgeny Sova, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more | Preliminary reading | Passed | 31 / 1 |
| December 25, 2024 | Foreign Workers Law (Amendment – Employer's Duty to Check a Foreign Worker's Visa) Bill, 2023 The proposal imposes a duty on employers and employment agents to check the validity of the foreign worker's permit each time through the government website, before employment and every year. Joint initiativeInitiator: Eliyahu Revivo, Evgeny Sova and 5 more | Preliminary reading | Passed | 31 / 1 |
| December 10, 2024 | Families of Soldiers Killed in Action (Remuneration and Rehabilitation) Law (Amendment – Ban on Dismissing a Family Member in the First Year of Bereavement) Bill, 2024 A ban on dismissing a family member of a soldier killed in action during the first year of bereavement, except with a permit from the employment committee. Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Pnina Tamano-Shata | Preliminary reading | Passed | 10 / 0 |
| December 10, 2024 | Families of Soldiers Killed in Action (Remuneration and Rehabilitation) Law (Amendment No. 46) (Ban on Dismissing a Family Member in the First Year of Bereavement) Bill, 2024 Joint initiativeInitiator: Debbie Biton, Pnina Tamano-Shata | First reading | Passed | 8 / 0 |
| August 5, 2024 | Collective Agreements Law (Amendment No. 11 – Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Special Provisions regarding the Extension of a General Collective Agreement Made due to Hostilities or War Operations) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 Government bill | First reading | Passed | 20 / 1 |
| July 3, 2024 | Families of Soldiers Killed in Action (Remuneration and Rehabilitation) Law (Amendment – Ban on Dismissing a Family Member in the First Year of Bereavement) Bill, 2024 Joint initiativeInitiator: Debbie Biton, Pnina Tamano-Shata | Preliminary reading | Passed | 27 / 0 |
| June 26, 2024 | Foreign Workers Law (Amendment – Non-Application of a Pension Arrangement to a Foreign Worker Employed by an Individual in the Caregiving Sector) Bill, 2022 The bill exempts individuals who employ foreign caregivers from the obligation to pay pension insurance contributions. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Sharren Haskel | Preliminary reading | Passed | 55 / 13 |
| June 26, 2024 | Foreign Workers Law (Amendment – Non-Application of a Pension Arrangement to a Foreign Worker Employed by an Individual in the Caregiving Sector) Bill, 2023 The bill releases individuals who employ a foreign worker in nursing care from the requirement to pay pension contributions for the worker. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Ariel Kallner | Preliminary reading | Passed | 54 / 13 |
| June 26, 2024 | Foreign Workers Law (Amendment – Non-Application of a Pension Arrangement to a Foreign Worker Employed by an Individual in the Caregiving Sector) Bill, 2023 Cancellation 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. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eliyahu Revivo | Preliminary reading | Passed | 53 / 14 |
| June 26, 2024 | Foreign Workers Law (Amendment – Non-Application of a Pension Arrangement to a Foreign Worker Employed by an Individual in the Caregiving Sector) Bill, 2023 The proposal exempts individuals who employ a foreign caregiver from the obligation to pay pension insurance contributions, for new workers who start working after the law comes into force. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Yitzhak Kroizer | Preliminary reading | Passed | 50 / 13 |
| May 20, 2024 | Severance Pay Law (Amendment No. 34 – Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) Bill, 2024 Government bill | First reading | Passed | 15 / 0 |
| February 26, 2024 | Collective Agreements (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Special Provisions regarding the Extension of a General Collective Agreement Made due to Hostilities or War Operations) Bill, 2024 Government bill | First reading | Passed | 5 / 0 |
Other plenum votes2Approvals, motions for the agenda and procedural decisions
| Date | Vote | Reading | Result | For / Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 7, 2026 | Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Minister of Finance the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under Sections 1J(c) and 8(b) of the Foreign Workers Law, 1991 – regarding the enactment of regulations on an annual fee for receiving a permit to employ a foreign worker in the hotel industry | Approval of a motion in the plenum | Passed | 52 / 1 |
| May 1, 2023 | Decision of the Education, Culture and Sports Committee on its wish to apply continuity to the Extension of Suspension of a State Employee and Dismissal of a Teaching Employee to Protect a Minor or Helpless Person (Legislative Amendments) Bill, 2022 Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Sharren Haskel | Continuity (bill carried over) | Passed | 5 / 0 |
Knesset map by topic
A weighted position for each MK across all the votes on this topic (a third reading counts for more). 🟡 Mixed = voted both for and against in different votes. The map shows 142 MKs: 120 serving today, plus 22 who served at some point in the current term and actually voted on this topic - which is why the number is above 120.