The iSavta Team | 30.01.2020

We are writing this post now, a few months after the regulation of relievers was updated, for your information.

Before reading this, please review our note on the matter:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/kav-laoved-migrant-caregivers/new-reliever-regulation-july-2019-very-important/2435495199864040/

1. You should always get a registration letter (Placement Letter) from the agency where your new employer is registered. Don't hesitate to ask and demand the letter from the beginning of your relieving work - it is very important for you as an evidence for your legal registration in the Ministry of Interior. If the agency tells you that there is a problem with the registration - make sure you understand what the problem is. Attached below is a sample of the Placement Letter.
2. When you start your first relieving job - the agency must also arrange for you a Reliever's Visa - attached below is also a sample of that visa.
3. IMPORTANT: The “BITUACH” company which pays you salary does not register you in the Ministry of Interior, and getting the salary from the "Bituach" is not an evidence of such registration. You should be registered by a manpower agency (Placement Agency). Make sure that you know the name and contact information of the Placement Agency.
4. Only relieving jobs for caregivers who leave Israel with re-entry visa are legal relieving jobs – of minimum 21 days and maximum 90 days.
5. Relieving jobs can be legally registered only within 30 days after the last assignment terminated.
6. Registration of the reliever can be performed only after the permanent caregiver leaves Israel. Take this into account when accepting a reliever's job, so the dates fit into your 30-day interval.
7. Due to the high probability of problems for this new process- you'd better document every step in the communication with the agency – the WhatsApp messages, phone calls, etc. - and save all,to be used if a problem arises.