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National Civic Service Law, 5774-2014

חוק שירות לאומי-אזרחי, תשע"ד-2014

Published: 2014-03-19Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-04-06 · Last amended 2026-03-31✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-17
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Chapter V: Indirect Amendments

Indirect amendments to various laws were made in Sections 24 to 32.

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Chapter VI: Miscellaneous Provisions

Prevention of harm to the status of a woman§

33.

The status or integration of a woman shall not be harmed by reason of the service of persons serving in national civic service pursuant to this Law.

Implementation and regulations§

34.

The Minister is responsible for the implementation of this Law, and may make Regulations for its implementation.

Report to the Knesset§

35.

The Minister shall report, to the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset, once a year, with respect to the year preceding the date of the report, on the following matters:

(1)the number of persons serving in national civic service according to their fields of activity, including the number of persons serving in civil-security service and the number of persons serving in civil-social service;
(2)the arrangements for the supervision of compliance with the duty of national civic service;
(3)data in comparison with previous years;
(4)the effect of the implementation of the provisions of this Law regarding the integration of persons serving in national civic service in the activities of operating bodies, with respect to the status, dignity and integration of women; a report as referred to in this paragraph shall also be submitted to the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Gender Equality of the Knesset.

Validity§

36.
(a)This Law shall remain in force until the 18th of Elul 5786 (31 August 2026) (in this Section – the expiry date).
(b)The provisions of this Law shall continue to apply even after the expiry date to a person who commenced service pursuant to this Law before the expiry date and to the operating body at which the person serves, until the end of the person's service.

Transitional provisions§

37.
(a)The National Civic-Service Administration established pursuant to Government Decision No. 2295 of the 5th of Elul 5767 (19 August 2007) shall be regarded as the Authority established pursuant to Section 19.
(b)The Head of the National Civic-Service Administration who held office on the eve of the commencement of this Law (hereinafter – the commencement date), in accordance with Government Decision No. 1761 of the 24th of Sivan 5770 (6 June 2010), shall be regarded as having been appointed as Director pursuant to section 19(c).
(c)The employees of the National Civic-Service Administration who served in their positions on the eve of the commencement date shall be regarded as employees of the Authority, and those among them who were State employees on the eve of the commencement date shall remain State employees after the commencement date.
(d)Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14, an operator to whom persons designated for security service were referred for civic service on the eve of the commencement date in accordance with the provisions pursuant to the Deferral of Service for Yeshiva Students Whose Torah Study Is Their Vocation Law, 5762-2002 (hereinafter – the Deferral of Service Law), shall be regarded as a body approved as an operating body pursuant to that Section until the end of two years from the commencement date, and the remaining provisions of this Law shall apply to it for that period.
(e)A person who commenced civic service before the commencement date pursuant to the Deferral of Service Law or in reserve civic service in accordance with Government Decision No. 5275 of the 25th of Kislev 5773 (9 December 2012), the provisions pursuant to the Deferral of Service Law that applied to civic service under that Law on the eve of its expiry shall apply to that person's service.
(f)A person who commenced national civic service that is not civil-security service during the period from the commencement date until the 2nd of Tammuz 5774 (30 June 2014) shall be subject to the provisions of this Law, with the following modifications:
(1)instead of the period of service and scope of service as referred to in section 7(a)(1), the person shall serve an average of 40 hours per week for one year or an average of 20 hours per week for two years;
(2)instead of the subsistence allowance pursuant to section 8(b), the person shall be paid a subsistence allowance in accordance with the provisions of the Deferral of Service for Yeshiva Students Whose Torah Study Is Their Vocation Regulations (Civic Service), 5767-2007, as worded on the eve of the expiry of the Deferral of Service Law.

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Schedule (Section 8(c))

1.§
(a)A person serving in national civic service is entitled to 20 days of leave for each year of service, which shall be counted as part of the service, and a person serving in national civic service who serves fewer than five days per week is entitled to leave on a proportional basis relative to the number of days of weekly service.
(b)The dates of the leave shall be determined by the operating body; in making its determination as aforesaid, the operating body shall take into account, to the extent possible, the wishes of the person serving in national civic service.
2.§
(a)Without derogating from the provisions of item 1, a person serving in national civic service is entitled to nine days of leave on festivals, which shall include the festivals of Israel as their meaning in section 18a of the Law and Administration Ordinance, 5708-1948, and Independence Day.
(b)A person serving in national civic service is entitled to the rights that would have been granted to that person had the person been an employee, with respect to paid absence from work on election day pursuant to section 10 of Basic Law: The Knesset, and on the Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars pursuant to section 4a of the Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars Law, 5723-1963.
3.§

A person serving in national civic service is entitled to be absent from service due to illness, on the basis of a medical certificate, for up to 20 days in a year of service; however, the Director or a person authorised by him for that purpose may authorise a person serving in national civic service to be absent from service due to illness beyond the said 20 days if the Director has found that there is special justification therefor, provided that the total period of absence shall not exceed 90 days, and the Director may require the person serving to provide an additional medical opinion or to consult a physician on his behalf and to take into account the duration of the absence in relation to the actual duration of service.

4.§
(a)A person serving in national civic service is entitled to a break of half an hour during a day of service, and also to a break for prayer during the day in accordance with the requirements of his religion.
(b)A person serving in national civic service is entitled to a break of at least 12 hours between one day of service and the next.
(c)In an operating body to which the Work and Rest Hours Law, 5711-1951, applies and which operates in shifts, a person serving in national civic service shall not serve at night for more than one week in a period of three weeks; for this purpose, "night service" – service of which at least two hours fall between 22:00 and 06:00; the provisions of this sub-paragraph shall not apply to persons serving in civil-security service.
5.§

A person serving in national civic service shall not be operated during the weekly rest within its meaning in Section 7 of the Work and Rest Hours Law, 5711-1951, unless the operating body holds a general permit to employ workers during the weekly rest.

6.§

The provisions under the Work Safety Ordinance [New Version], 5730-1970, shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to an operating body in relation to persons serving in national civic service.

7.§

A person serving in national civic service shall receive information and training for the prevention of work accidents and occupational diseases, in accordance with the provisions under section 8e of the Labour Inspection (Organisation) Law, 5714-1954.

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