New Law to Give Spouses of Reserve Soldiers ‘Late Excuse’

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Zionist Camp MK Eitan Cabel. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Zionist Camp MK Eitan Cabel. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The Knesset has passed on its first reading a bill that will allow Israelis whose spouses are serving reserve duty permission to come to work an hour late, without penalty. The bill is sponsored by MK Eitan Cabel, chairman of the Knesset Economics Committee.

The law was brought to a vote after Cabel reached an understanding with the Finance Ministry and the Manufacturer’s Association on the costs of the program, and the potential costs to businesses of masses of individuals coming to work late.

According to Cabel, “the ones who are carrying the burden of reserve duty in the IDF are the many spouses who are taking care of housework, children and other responsibilities. They are ‘serving’ no less than the soldiers in the field are, and they take on more and multiple responsibilities. I am happy that the Knesset has approved the law. This is the beginning of a new era, in which there will be more support for families. When a husband and father is called away to the army, the entire tenor and mood of a household changes. We must solve this.”

 

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