Questions on your main place of work
[Questions 59-70]
67. What is your status in the workplace?
[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self-employed, with no employees
[] 3 Self-employed, with 1-2 employees
[] 4 Self-employed, with 3-9 employees
[] 5 Self-employed, employing 10 employees or more
[] 6 Member of cooperative
[] 7 Kibbutz member (who is not an employee)
[] 8 Family member who works without pay in the family business or farm
Part H: Work
3. Instructions for answering questions :
Questions for examining work in 2008:
The first group of questions about 'work' helps determine whether a person worked in 2008 and allows us to estimate the amount of labor force at the household's disposal.
Questions on the type of work the person does
The goal of the questions on the type of work is to fully and accurately classify the type of work a person actively does. Therefore, answering as accurately and in as much detail as possible is extremely important.
The information is received from two questions: description of the person's main job and description of the main activities the person performs at his job. The information from these questions focuses the data on the work the person himself does at the workplace, unlike the previous questions where the information received refers to the workplace where the person works. The answers to these questions are in the respondent's own words. Additional information on work is received from the questions: status at work and source of salary.
p. Status at workplace
The goal of the question is to receive information on the employment status of the people who worked in 2008. For example: the number of salaried employees and self-employed, number of Kibbutz members.
Question 7.150 - What is your status at this workplace?
[] 1 Salaried employee
[] 2 Self-employed, does not employ workers
[] 3 Self-employed, employs 1-2 workers
[] 4 Self-employed, employs 3-9 workers
[] 5 Self-employed, employs 10+ workers
[] 6 Member of a cooperative
[] 7 Kibbutz member (who is not a salaried employee)
[] 8 Unpaid family member who works in a family business or farm
Definitions of types of status at work:
Salaried employee: a person who works for someone else in return for a daily, monthly or contract salary, or in return for some other compensation.
Self-employed, does not employ workers: a person who owns a business, which is not a limited (Ltd) company, or a farm, and works in it, but does not employ others for pay or in exchange for any other compensation.
Self-employed, employs workers: a person who owns or partly owns a business, which is not a limited (Ltd) company, or a farm, works in it, and employs other workers for pay or in exchange for some other compensation (excluding unpaid family members).
Member of a cooperative: a person who is a member of a cooperative, who in addition to his salary also has a share in the cooperative's profits.
Kibbutz member: Any person who lives on a Kibbutz and works on it without receiving pay. A personal budget is not considered as pay.
Kibbutz members who work outside the Kibbutz shall be considered as salaried workers, even if their pay is transferred to the Kibbutz .
Unpaid family member: A family member or relative who works in the family's business or farm without pay, as long as this is not a limited (Ltd) company. If the compensation is not in a salary form - this person will be considered as an 'unpaid family member'.
In cases where workers' status (employee or self-employed) is not clear, such as: a seamstress who does sewing jobs at her home for a certain factory, a translator who works for a certain publisher and his pay is per book, etc. - find out whether the workplace pays his social security dues:
If they pay his social security - he is a salaried employee.
If he pays social security himself - he is self-employed.
A list of cases that fall under the different categories of status at work can be found in paragraph 4.e.
4. Detailed definitions
e. Status at work - cases included under the different status types
Type of status
Salaried employee (answer 1)
A person who works for someone else in exchange for a daily, monthly or contract salary, or some kind of other compensation.
A manager of a limited (Ltd) company who receives a salary from the company, even if he is a shareholder.
A person who works in a cooperative but is not a member of the cooperative, and only receives a salary.
Work of a salaried employee on a Kibbutz (including students from city schools and 'volunteers').
An agent who receives a salary in addition to his commission (For example: lottery agents).
Housekeeper - whether she works in one place or several places.
Babysitter - whether she works in one place or several places.
Seamstress, hairdresser, etc. who works at other people's houses.
Kibbutz members who work outside Kibbutz for pay (even if their salary is transferred to the Kibbutz ).
Self-employed, does not employ workers (answer 2)
Partner in a business that does not employ other workers.
A person who employs workers without pay or other compensation, such as: a person who employs family members in a family business or farm without pay.
A man or woman who cares for children within the framework of a foster family.
A woman who takes care of a child at her home.
Tutor, whether he works at his home or at the student's home.
An agent who does not receive a salary, only commission.
Seamstress, hairdresser, etc. who works at her home.
If a couple has a joint business (and they do not employ others) - if they are not defined as salaried workers, one of them shall be registered as self-employed and the other as an unpaid family member.
Self-employed, employs workers (answers 3-5)
Partner in a business that employs salaried workers.
Artisan who employs an apprentice.
Member of a cooperative (answer 6)
Includes:
'Egged' and 'Dan' bus drivers, who are members of these bus cooperatives.
Member of a collective Moshav (Mosahv Shitufi).
Does not include:
Salaried drivers of 'Egged' and 'Dan' who are not members of the bus cooperative, and do not have a share in the cooperative's profits.
Kibbutz member (answer 7)
Includes:
Kibbutz members and their children.
Candidate for Kibbutz membership.
Member of a Hakhshara (agricultural training program), member of a Gar'in (a group training for establishing a new settlement), youth living and working on the Kibbutz .
Kibbutz members who do public work outside the Kibbutz (for example: a person who works at the United Kibbutz Movement's offices in the city).
Does not include
Kibbutz members who work outside the Kibbutz for a salary.
Volunteers.
Unpaid family member (answer 8)
A woman who works with her sister at the grocery store, without pay.
A son who helps his father at his workshop or farm, without pay.
A couple who have a joint business - if they are not defined as salaried workers, one of them shall be registered as self-employed, and the other as an unpaid family member.