Many people are forced to work from home and the issue raises many questions: • The isolation will be deducted from the employees' sick days; And the self-employed - left unanswered • All answers to the new situation

The government adopted the Ministry of Health's decision to apply the 14-day isolation instructions to every Israeli returning from abroad, and in fact everyone who came to Israel. These are the 220,000 who have returned from abroad for the past two weeks and who are in solitary confinement and 70,000 Israelis who are going to return to Israel. Get into isolation.

Ministry of Health instructions to prevent the spread of the Corona virus in Israel // Photo: Ministry of Health

Still, there are quite a few Israelis and foreigners who are forced to go abroad for their work and other vital reasons. To.

Who needs to be in isolation now?

According to the Ministry of Health's instructions, anyone returning from the countries that are part of the Health Ministry's Public Health Order or, alternatively, anyone forced by the Ministry of Health to stay in isolation following contact with a sick person, must remain in solitary confinement for 14 days and must refrain from work.

Who pays employees for the days of isolation?

Employees' isolation days will be deducted from the accrued sick days available to them, and employees will be paid for it in accordance with the law: On the first day, there is no eligibility for sick pay; On the second and third days, the employee will be entitled to half the sick leave - the payment for his work day, and from the fourth day until the end of the two weeks, the employee will be entitled to full wages for his absence.

Of course, if your workplace is well-practiced in accordance with the legal arrangement, the employer must follow it. An employee who takes advantage of the full amount of sick leave available to him will stay in solitary confinement at the expense of vacation days or at the expense of deducting his wages.

Do you need to bring a doctor's certificate of isolation?

It is not necessary for the employee to show individual confirmation of being in isolation. According to the Ministry of Health's instructions, a blanket sickness certificate was issued that automatically applied to every employee who had to stay in isolation, in accordance with the Ministry of Health's order.

The employee must provide the employer with a statement containing his or her personal details, stating the period in which he is prevented from coming to work following the order and proof that he was in the State with which the order was issued.

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Can an employer require an employee who is in solitary confinement to get to work?

An employer must not require an employee who must be in solitary confinement to get to work and may not even allow an employee to enter the workplace, even if the employee requests and initiates it.

Is it possible to fire an employee in isolation?

It is forbidden to fire the engine worker from coming to work following the isolation order.

Can an employer require an employee staying in solitary confinement to work from home?

It is permissible to agree with the employee on work from home provided that the work permits, and the employee must have the appropriate conditions for doing so at home. If the employee works from his or her home, the employer must not deduct it from the sick days available to him and the employee must receive full pay for these days.

An employee who refuses to travel abroad on a work assignment, what is his opinion?

An employer is not obliged to travel abroad for work purposes to countries listed in the Ministry of Health's order and issued a travel warning.

An employee who wants to fly for a vacation that will require him to sit in isolation afterwards, can this be prevented?

An employer may refuse an application for a private employee's leave, but the employer must not prevent an employee from going abroad when his or her leave is already approved.

Is it possible to require employees not to come to the workplace?

An employer must not prevent his employees from coming to work as long as there is no such instruction from the Ministry of Health. However, an employer may conclude with a particular employee or group of workers on work from home when the employer has a concern that these employees were exposed to corona disease, even if they are not included in the enumerated population.

In these cases, one must act with extreme sensitivity and make an informed decision when it is not tainted with discrimination on the basis of race, gender, nationality and in general. In the absence of agreement with these employees, the employer must pay their full wages, despite staying in solitary confinement, at his request.

What about self-employed employers?

There is no reference to this in the decree, so an independent worker who is forced to go into solitary confinement will have consequences for himself. At present, a petition has been filed with the High Court requiring the state to fund the sick days for workers staying in solitary confinement. At the same time, the state may issue a provision granting workers staying in solitary confinement an additional 14 days for sick leave.