Sick pay calculator
How much an employee receives for an absence due to illness under Israel's Sick Pay Law, 5736-1976: a breakdown by day, the total, and how many days are not covered once the balance runs out.
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Calculator assumption: each day for which sick pay is paid takes one day off the balance, and an unpaid day does not. Check your payslip to see how your employer actually tracks the balance. The daily wage comes from the figures you enter; there is more than one accepted way to work out a daily wage for a monthly-salaried employee. A collective agreement, extension order or personal contract may give more. This is general information, not legal advice.
How many sick days have accrued?
Sick pay under the Sick Pay Law
Accrual: 1.5 days a month, up to 90
For each full month of work the employee accrues 1.5 sick days, which is 18 days a year. Unused days keep accumulating, up to a maximum of 90 days. Days accrue with the current employer.
Pay depends on the day of illness
The count starts on the first day of illness. Under the law, the first day is unpaid, the second and third days are paid at 50% of the daily wage, and from the fourth day on at 100%. Pay is due only while there are accrued days, and subject to a medical certificate.
Better agreements
The law sets only the minimum. Many collective agreements, extension orders and personal contracts pay from the first day or at a higher rate. In the calculator you can choose "100% from day 1" to see the difference.
The daily wage
For an hourly employee the daily wage is the hourly wage times the regular working hours per day. For a monthly-salaried employee the calculator divides the salary by the number of working days you enter for that month. In practice there is more than one accepted way to do this, so check against the payslip. For a part-time employee, also check the job percentage.
What the calculator does not cover
Sick days for a child's, spouse's or parent's illness, absence due to a work accident, and special rules in certain industries are not calculated here.
Questions about sick pay
How many sick days accrue?
1.5 days for each full month of work, which is 18 days a year, up to a maximum of 90 days.
How much is paid for each sick day?
Under the law: nothing for the first day, 50% of the daily wage for the second and third days, and 100% from the fourth day.
What happens when the balance runs out?
The law requires payment only while there are accrued sick days. Days beyond the balance are not paid under the law, unless an agreement or contract says otherwise.
Can sick pay start from the first day?
Yes, if a collective agreement, extension order or personal contract says so. Many workplaces pay from the first day, and you can choose this in the calculator.
Is a medical certificate required?
Yes. Sick pay depends on giving the employer a medical certificate.
Sick days, certificates and balances, in one place
In RayClock the employee submits an absence request from the app, attaches a medical certificate and sees their balance. Sick days go into the payroll export from a locked month.