Wage Protection Law, 5718-1958

חוק הגנת השכר, תשי"ח-1958

Published: 1958-03-20Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2025-11-07 · Last amended 2023-06-06✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-08

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Schedule (section 24(b))

1.§

Particulars of the employee and the employer –

(a)the surname and given name of the employee and his identity number;

(b)the name of the employer, his identity number or corporation number, and the address of the employer's workplace or business.

2.§

(a)The date of commencement of employment.

(b)Cumulative seniority with the employer or at the workplace, whichever is higher.

3.§

In respect of a salaried employee – the scope of the position; in respect of an hourly-paid employee – the basis on which the wage is paid; in respect of an employee whose wage is determined according to a grade, by virtue of or pursuant to a collective agreement – also the employee's classification and grade.

4.§

The payment period –

(1)the calendar period in respect of which the wage was paid;

(2)the number of working days and hours of work at the workplace in the period in respect of which the wage was paid;

(3)the number of working days on which the employee actually worked in the period in respect of which the wage was paid;

(4)the number of actual hours of work of the employee in the period in respect of which the wage was paid; if the employee is among the employees referred to in section 30(a)(6) of the Work and Rest Hours Law, 5711-1951, this shall be stated expressly;

(5)the number of leave days taken in the payment period and the balance of leave days;

(6)the number of sick days used in the payment period and the balance of accumulated sick leave; if the employee is insured by his employer for sick pay insurance pursuant to section 8 of the Sick Pay Law, 5736-1976, there is no obligation to state the balance of accumulated sick leave.

5.§

The wage paid to the employee –

(1)the value of the wage paid to the employee for one regular hour of work;

(2)the regular wage;

(3)other payments, in addition to the regular wage, including overtime pay and weekly rest pay, work productivity, recuperation pay, holiday pay, sick pay, payment on account of reserve service remuneration and the balance of such remuneration, and the like; in respect of payments referred to in this paragraph, the type of payment, the number of units for which it was paid – if it is paid per unit – and the amount of the payment shall be specified;

(4)the total of all wages and other payments liable to income tax, and also their cumulative amount in the tax year;

(5)the total of all wages and other payments liable to national insurance contributions, and also their cumulative amount in the tax year;

(6)the total of all wages and other payments taken into account for the purposes of pension rights or other social rights, to be specified according to the type of rights in respect of which it is taken into account;

where a payment from among the payments detailed in this item was paid in respect of a period other than the period referred to in item 4(1), the period in respect of which it was paid shall be stated in relation to that payment.

6.§

The deductions –

(1)income tax deduction;

(2)national insurance contributions deduction;

(3)health insurance contributions deduction;

(4)deduction to a provident fund, to be specified according to the fund to which the deduction is directed and its amount;

(5)any other deduction, to be specified according to the type of deduction and its amount;

(6)the total of all deductions.

7.§

Payments by the employer in respect of social benefits for the employee that are not paid directly to the employee and are not deducted from the employee's wage, including the employer's contributions to a provident fund.

8.§

Particulars of payment –

(1)the total amount (gross) due to the employee on the payment date;

(2)the actual amount (net) for payment;

(3)the method of payment of the wage; in respect of a wage paid other than directly, in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the Law, the intermediary through whom the wage is paid shall be stated, and if the payment is made through an account managed by one of the bodies listed below – the account number and particulars of the body:

(1)a banking corporation;

(2)a postal bank;

(3)a payment company;

(4)a holder of a licence to provide deposit and credit services;

(5)a holder of a stable payment services provider licence.

9.§

The minimum monthly wage and the minimum hourly wage, pursuant to the Minimum Wage Law, 5747-1987, as updated for the payment period; however, in respect of an employee who has not yet reached the age of 18, the pay slip must state the minimum wage as aforesaid that was determined pursuant to section 16 of that Law, in accordance with the age of the employee.

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