Forgot them? The grant program for the reserve officers does not provide a solution for the collapsing businesses

At the beginning of May (Wednesday), the reservists (salaried and self-employed) will be paid the compensation determined according to the number of days the reservist served: between NIS 266 (5-9.5 days) and NIS 5,808 (over 37 days). While the implementation of the plan is being implemented, the independents and freelancers in Israel are still left with a partial response, far from providing an adequate response to the economic and long-term losses they suffered.

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The Self-Employed and Freelancers Forum of the Histadrut House sent a letter before Passover to the manager of the 'property tax' compensation fund and the aid fund for reservists of the IDF and demanded from them answers about the flaws that exist in the aid program for self-employed reservists in Moked: the series of the rationale for determining the amounts of the fixed grant for an exempt business. Although the businesses were affected regardless of their size, the percentage of compensation (in relation to the business turnover) that each business receives is different without any explanation. Failure to consider the freelancers who lost income as a result of the cancellation of a contract that was to be entered into and canceled following the war or the temporary closure of the business.

The chairman of the Freelancers' Forum Rami Beja warns: "Even after six months of fighting, the independents and freelancers are the last in the order of priorities and do not know how much compensation they will receive from the state, or when exactly it will arrive. the government. We require clarification immediately. Without reference to future contracts that were canceled following the war and the settlement of the amounts of the fixed grant for an exempt business, thousands of businesses will collapse in the next month."