In 2025, Israelis will have two days off for “wellness treatments.”

Each Israeli worker will lose two days of paid leave this year – one day was already taken away previously, amounting to NIS 471 for public sector workers and NIS 418 for private company workers. An agreement to reduce vacation days was reached between the Ministry of Finance and the Trade Union Confederation.

As part of the agreement, the Ministry of Finance agreed not to touch the vocational training funds, but at the expense of withdrawing one more day of vacation from all employees. Economic publications report that in 2025 these changes will result in additional costs of NIS 942 or NIS 836 for each Israeli household.

The Histadrut managed to defend the interests of workers, achieving a deferment of tax changes for pensioners and freezing wage increases in the public sector for a year. The government planned to increase the taxable portion of pension funds, but thanks to the efforts of the trade union, this decision was postponed.