This portal provides information on the right of an Israeli resident to employ a foreign nursing care worker, and also discusses the terms of that employment.
Those who do not reside in a long-term care facility, but who need supervision from a full-time nursing professional are eligible to receive a permit to employ a foreign worker. The information presented here is divided into three parts which constitute the process of employing a foreign nursing care worker:
- Eligibility criteria and obtaining recognition as a long-term care patient
- The process of obtaining permits to employ a foreign worker and recruit a foreign worker from a licensed office.
- Terms of employing a foreign worker including workers' rights with which the employer is obligated comply.
Important: A foreign worker is entitled to all the rights of an Israeli worker, including pension contributions, severance pay ect. To avoid legal proceedings and frustration, those employing foreign workers are obligated to financially prepare themselves in case of termination of employment, dismissal of the employee or the employer's death.
Rights and Instructions
- Guide to Recruiting Foreign Nursing Care Workers
- Guide to Employing Foreign Nursing Care Workers
- Rights of a foreign nursing care worker who is fired or whose patient is hospitalized or passes away
- Rights of a foreign nursing care worker who quits his/her job
- Rights Guide for Individuals Caring for an Elderly Family Member or Person With Disabilities
- An employer's guide to manage employees
- Recruiting and Acclimating Employees- An Employers Guide
- An Employer's Guide to Ending the Work Relationship
Eligibility for Employing a Foreign Worker
- General information on employing a foreign nursing care worker
- Eligibility to Employ a Foreign Nursing Care Worker
- Employing a foreign worker after release from the hospital
- Dependency assessment test
- Dependency assessment test for those rejected by the National Insurance Institute due to high income
- Eligibility Exceptions for Employing a Foreign Nursing Care Worker
- Employing a Foreign Worker to Care for a Child with Disabilities
- Employing One Foreign Nursing Care Worker for Two Family Members
- Employing a second foreign nursing care worker
An employer who is hospitalized
Processes Related to Employing a Foreign Worker
General Conditions for Employment
- Joint Employment of a Foreign Nursing Care Worker by the Patient and Nursing Company
- Employment Contract for Foreign Workers
- Employment Conditions for Foreign Workers
- Weekly Rest Period for Foreign Nursing Care Workers
- Weekly Rest Days and Vacation for Foreign Workers
- Appropriate Housing for Foreign Workers
- Maintaining foreign worker employment documentation
- Foreign Workers may not be Charged Brokerage Fees
- Limitations on Changing the Workplace of a Foreign Nursing Care Worker
Foreign Worker's Rights
- Rights of Foreign Workers
- Joint Employment of a Foreign Nursing Care Worker by the Patient and Nursing Company
- Health Insurance for Foreign Workers
- National Insurance for Foreign Workers
- Pension Insurance for Foreign Workers
- Monthly Deposit Obligation for Employers of Foreign Workers in the Construction, Technology and Nursing Care.
- Withdrawal of the Deposit by a Foreign Worker in Construction, Technology and Nursing Care
- Income Tax Credit Points for Foreign Workers
- Foreign Workers Rights following the death of the care recipient or placement into nursing care.
- Filing a Complaint to the Ombudsman for Foreign Worker Rights
Employer's Rights
- Reimbursement for a Foreign Workers Flight
- Permitted Deductions from a Foreign Worker's Salary
- Deduction of Living Expenses for Foreign Workers
- Exemption from paying National Insurance contributions for foreign workers employed by a Long-Term Care Benefit recipient
- A Foreign Nursing Care Worker must give Advanced Notice before Resigning
Aid organizations
- Internet hot line for those who employ foreign nursing care workers
- Elder care law services
- Yad Riva - Legal aid for senior citizens
- Reut and Eshel - Guidance services for senior citizens and their families who care for them.
- Kav Lamassik Information and Legal Advice for Foreign Workers.
- Ba-Bayit- Welfare and Aid for the Golden Age
- Matav
- For a complete lists of organizations offering assistance and support to senior citizens
- For a comprehensive categorized listing of healthcare organizations offering assistance and support to people with disabilities click here.
Government agencies
- The Population and Immigration Authority
- The Ministry of Economy - Commissioner of Foreign Workers' Rights
- The National Insurance Institute
Court Rulings
Laws & Regulations
- The Foreign Workers Law
- Employment Service Regulations (Payments from a Job Applicant for Job Brokering) 2006
- The Population and Immigration Ministry Procedures No. 9.2.0001 - Procedures for private offices to bring, mediate and care for foreign nursing care workers 2014.
- The Population and Immigration Ministry Procedures No. 9.2.0002 -Procedure for dealing with a new request or a request for a renewal to employ a foreign nursing care worker.
Additional publications
- Policy regarding employment of foreign workers on the Population, Immigration, and Border Crossing Authority's website
- Guide to employing foreign workers in the Government Services and Information Portal
- Rights and Information for Foreign Workers -available in different languages - from the Population and Immigration Authority.
- Employees' Rights - available in different languages - on the Kav La'Oved/Worker's Hotline website.
Credits
- Original translation performed by The Shira Pransky Project as part of a grant from The Fellowship Fund.