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HR guides for employers in Israel

Start with the duties that apply from your first Israeli hire: a written notice of employment terms within 30 days, and a running record of working hours that feeds a detailed payslip under Amendment 24. Then use the guides on onboarding, shift rosters, sending attendance to payroll, and offers and agreements. Each quotes its official sources.

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  1. Before the first hire Offer or agreement What goes in each, and the written notice of terms.
  2. First month Onboarding checklist Documents, Form 101, equipment, training and feedback.
  3. Every day Recording hours A running record of actual working hours.
  4. Every month Payslip and payroll Close the month, send approved hours, issue the payslip by the 9th.

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The guides

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What an Israeli payslip must show under Amendment 24

What an Israeli payslip must show under Amendment 24, how working hours must be recorded, the 60-hour presumption, digital payslips and a worked example.

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Do you need a time clock in Israel? What the law requires

Israeli law requires a running record of actual working hours, not a physical clock. Compare the recording methods, choose one, and avoid common mistakes.

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How to send attendance to the payroll department without errors

Why attendance breaks on its way to payroll in Israel, a seven-step month-end checklist, file vs SFTP vs API, and what to check after the file is sent.

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Shift scheduling under the Hours of Work and Rest Law

Build shift rosters in Israel that hold up: rest between shifts, weekly rest, night shifts, planning a week, approving swaps and publishing the roster.

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New employee onboarding checklist for Israel

A timed onboarding checklist for Israeli employers: before day one, day one, week one and month one, covering documents, Form 101, equipment and training.

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ATS or HR system: what is the difference, and which do you need

ATS vs HR system compared area by area: when a recruiting system alone is enough, where the hand-over to HR breaks, and which questions to ask vendors.

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Offer letter or employment agreement: what is the difference

An offer letter sums up the main terms; an employment agreement sets out all of them. What goes in each, what Israeli law requires in writing, and changes.

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Explainers

Which product explainers go with them?

Amendment 24 explained

The Israeli payslip and attendance amendment in plain English, with the exposure calculator.

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Digital Form 101

The Israeli employee tax card: what it is, when it is due, and how employees fill it in on a phone.

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E-signing employment agreements

Sending an employment agreement for signature on a phone, with the signing record it leaves.

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Mobile time clock

Clocking in by phone, WhatsApp, NFC or QR, with location checks per site.

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Glossary

What do the Israeli terms in these guides mean?

Tofes 101 (טופס 101)

Form 101, the employee card: the Israel Tax Authority form in which an employee declares what affects income tax withholding. Filled in when work starts and every January. More →

Tikun 24 (תיקון 24)

Amendment 24 to the Wage Protection Law (2008): what every payslip must show, and the duty to keep a running record of working hours. More →

Michpal (מיכפל)

A long-established Israeli payroll system. HRAI prepares its attendance import file (QDIV). More →

Hilan (חילן)

An Israeli payroll and HR services provider (Hilan / Hilan-Tech). One of the payroll systems HRAI exports to. More →

TAMAL (Shiklulit) (ט.מ.ל — שקלולית)

Shiklulit is the payroll system of TAMAL. HRAI prepares its attendance import file (TAMAL-5.DAT). More →

Payroll department (מחלקת שכר)

Whoever calculates pay for the employer: an in-house team or an external payroll service. HRAI prepares the approved inputs; it does not calculate pay. More →

How the guides are written

Who writes these guides, and how are they checked?

The guides are written by Merav Sella and Shai Truchman, the founders of HRAI. Each states only rules that are quoted with their official source, in the list at the end of the guide, and each English guide states the same facts as its Hebrew original.

HRAI (HR AI) is an Israeli HR platform that runs the whole employee lifecycle in one system: recruiting, employment agreements with e-signature, onboarding with a digital Form 101, attendance and shift scheduling, and a monthly file for the payroll department. It is built for Israeli employment law and payroll practice.

Frequently asked

What people ask before they start

Where should a foreign company with an Israeli team start?

With the two duties that apply from the first hire: a written notice of employment terms within 30 days of the start date, and a running record of working hours that feeds a detailed payslip. The Amendment 24 guide and the onboarding checklist cover both, with official sources.

Are these guides legal advice?

No. Each guide explains general Israeli rules and quotes the official source for every legal statement, but the application to a specific employee, role or workplace depends on the circumstances. For that, consult an Israeli employment lawyer or your accountant.

Are the official sources in English?

Mostly not. Israeli laws, regulations and Tax Authority pages are published in Hebrew. The guides give the English name of each law and its transliterated Hebrew name, and mark every source link that leads to a Hebrew page.

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