Approved: Better maternity benefits for self-employed women
Self-employed women will receive increased maternity benefits if a bill approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday passes into law. The proposal by MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) and MK Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid) would give self-employed women National Insurance Institute (NII) benefits more similar to those given to female employees. Currently, if a…