The Histadrut (General Organization of Workers) and the government have
agreed on paid leave for workers in the public sector. It is an agreed pooling
system of vacation leave to share with workers who need to stay away from
work. It stipulates that a non-essential designated employee that is not
required to work during the crisis period will take a mandatory vacation at the
expense of the workers’ accumulated vacation days. Employers in the public
sector and the Histadrut will set up a joint vacation days fund for
emergencies, which will work to prevent damages to workers' wages that do
not have the sufficient accumulated vacation time