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Part C: Anyone 15 years and older is requested to fill-in both pages


[Questions 14-38 were asked of people 15 years or older.]


31. What is your status at this place of employment?

[] 1. Employed by salary
[] 2. Self-employed, employing no workers
[] 3. Self-employed employing 1-2 workers
[] 4. Self-employed employing 3-9 or more employees
[] 5. Self-employed employing 10 or more employees
[] 6. Member of a cooperative
[] 7. Kibbutz member (who is not a waged worker)
[] 8. Family member working without pay in family's business or farm

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24. Question 31

31. What is your status in this workplace?

[] 1 Employee [Salaried employee]
[] 2 Self-employed who does not employ workers
[] 3 Self-employed with 1-2 employees
[] 4 Self-employed with 3-9 employees
[] 5 Self-employed with 10 employees and over
[] 6 Cooperative member
[] 7 Kibbutz member (who is not an employee)
[] 8 Family member working without pay in the family business or farm

24.1 An employee

An employee is a person working for someone else for a daily-pay, monthly wage, as a contractor or any other pay.

An employee is also:

A. A company owner that for taxes reasons has the status of "an employee who is the company owner".

B. A person working in a cooperative, who is not a cooperative member, who gets a salary only.

C. An apprentice or a trainee who receives an income.

D. A Yeshiva student who is 18 years old and over, who teaches in the Yeshiva.

E. A student in agricultural or vocational school, who receives an income.

F. A civilian working in the IDF.

G. A housekeeper, nursemaid etc.

24.2 Self-employed who does not employ workers

This is a person who works in his own business or agricultural farm, who does not hire employees for a pay or any other return.

Examples:
A. An active partner in a business who does not employ other workers.

B. A person who employs workers without pay or return, like a person who employs family members in a family business or farm without pay.

C. A teacher whose main income comes from private lessons he gives.


24.3 Self-employed with employees

This is a person who works in his business or agricultural farm and also employs others for a wage or other return.

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Self-employed who employs others is also:
- An active partner in a business that hires workers;
- A craftsman who employs an apprentice or apprentices

24.4 Cooperative member

This is a person who gets his share in the cooperative profits, in addition to his salary.
A member in a Collective Moshav [agricultural village] is also considered as a cooperative member.

24.5 Kibbutz member

A kibbutz member (who is not an employee) -- is a status given to a person who lives and works in the kibbutz without pay. Personal budget [allowance] is not considered as income. Children of kibbutz members are also considered as kibbutz members.

Also considered as Kibbutz members:
-- Parent or other relative of a Kibbutz member who lives and works in the Kibbutz

-- A candidate to be a Kibbutz member

-- A member in qualifying programs for new immigrants in the Kibbutz, a person who combines work in the Kibbutz with his military service, a teenager who lives and works in the Kibbutz.

-- A Kibbutz member who works outside the Kibbutz but his income is transferred to the Kibbutz.


Not considered as Kibbutz members:
-- A person who is not a Kibbutz member who lives and works in the Kibbutz for a pay.

-- A person who studies in the Ulpan [Hebrew course organized by the Immigration Absorption Ministry].

-- A volunteer in the Kibbutz.

-- A Kibbutz member who works outside the Kibbutz and his salary is not transferred to the Kibbutz.


24.6 Family member working without pay

This is a family member who works without pay in the family business or farm.

Examples:
A. A woman helping her husband in a grocery store without pay.
B. A son employed by his father in his workshop or agricultural farm, without getting paid.