Working in Israel: what documents are required when applying for a job?

Vacancy and documents are different tasks

The request “work in Israel” is most often about vacancies: city, shift, telephone. This is a bulletin board. urist.co.il does not publish vacancies or apply for jobs. Here is what happens after you have already been hired: what forms the accounting department asks for and what to look for in the calculation.

Latest advertisements in Russian are collected on vacancies on Workis. Below are the documents that usually appear in the first week if the work is completed.

Tofes 101 on the first day

Tofes 101 (form 101, employee card) is needed for the employer to calculate income tax: family status, children, repatriation benefits, is there another job. Without a card, the withholding is often greater than it should be.

Government form. You can fill it out in Russian and download the PDF in Hebrew for free: fill out 101 documents online. There is no need to purchase “Design 101” from the job posting.

The card is updated at the beginning of the tax year, at the birth of a child, when changing the main job and when a second job appears.

Payslip and Bituach Leumi

Official employment in the everyday sense is a payslip (tlush maskoret), contributions to Bituach Leumi and a pension fund. The name of the employer on the sheet must match the one who hired you, and not the intermediary, if you were promised a job in the company itself.

The word “officially” in the text of the vacancy in itself does not guarantee anything. It makes sense to ask whoissues a sheet and whether the contributions are being received. Current rates and rules are on the Bituah Leumi website: Bituach Leumi (btl.gov.il) and the tax office: Israel Tax Authority (רשות המסים)

The minimum payment and contribution percentages vary. It is better not to consider the figure from the old advertisement as a reference book.

Second job

Tax points cannot be mechanically given to both employers. If there are two points, 101 is filled in so that the main job takes benefits, and the second one is counted differently. Otherwise, the tax on the second salary looks unexpectedly high.

More details: open article.

Injury on shift

Work injury - a separate form, form 250 (BL/250), and not the new card 101. It is transferred to the employer and in Bituah Leumi. This is not a replacement for a doctor or legal advice.

Fill out the notification in Russian: https://urist.co.il/en/forms/250/. Employee rights are broader than just one form - an overview in the article open article.