Migrant workers can work in Israel as specialists in one of the following trades:
Nursing care
Agriculture
Construction
Welding and industrial professions
Hotel work
Ethnic cookery

Monthly minimum wage: NIS 3710.18;
Hourly minimum wage: NIS 19.95;
Payday: no later than the 9th of the following month.

Migrant Workers employed in the construction industry are entitled to a minimum wage of 211 hours (NIS 4209.45).

Overtime pay
You are entitled to after 9 hours (in a 5-day workweek) or after 8 hours (in a 6-day workweek). For the first two hours of overtime each day, payment is 125% of the regular hourly wage; for each additional hour, the rate is 150% of the regular hourly wage

Example: if you work 6 days a week and you are paid NIS 19.95 per hour, you are entitled to NIS 24.94 for the 9th and 10th work hours of each day; and to NIS 29.93 from the 11th hour onwards).

It is recommended that you keep a record of your working hours for future dealings with your employer.

Full-time work is defined as follows:
In the construction industry - 211 monthly hours;
In other trades – 186 monthly hours.

You are entitled to a weekly rest period of at least 36 hours - on Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday, depending on your religion.

You are entitled to 14-21 calendar days of paid vacation each year, depending on the number of years you have been with the same employer. Vacation is given either at the end of the year in the course of the following year.

You are also entitled to 9 paid religious holidays a year according to your religion or the Jewish calendar, at your choice.

You are entitled to 150 percent pay and an optional vacation day if you worked during a holiday. Caregivers are entitled to payment for working during holidays from day one at their job.

Acquisition of Nationality by Naturalization

Adults may acquire Israeli citizenship by naturalization at the discretion of the Minister of the Interior and subject to a number of requirements, such as:

• They must have resided in Israel for three years out of five years preceding the day of submission of the application;
  
• They are entitled to reside in Israel permanently and have settled or intended to settle in Israel;
  
• They have renounced their prior nationality, or have proved that they will cease to be foreign nationals upon becoming Israeli citizens.

The Minister of the Interior may exempt an applicant from some of these requirements.