The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs: Parents will not be required to pay for the period in which there was no activity

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs announced Sunday that parents will not be required to pay for daycare and supervised families, which are disabled following the Corona crisis. According to the ministry statement, parents will not be required to pay for the period in which there was no activity and this would not infringe on their rights when returning to normal. It has also been determined that the credit will not be made at the expense of the office - it is the dormitories that will be required to return the money to the parents.
As for private kindergartens, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare says that the latter are not in their area of ​​responsibility, so parents whose children attend private kindergartens should apply to the Consumer Protection Authority to receive the compensation for their non-service. As a result, the Private Gardens Association is outraged at the lack of a supervisory body that will discuss with them the fear of their possible collapse, following a situation where parents will demand their money back.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Labor said: "The activist organization is obliged to reimburse parents a proportionate payment for days when no daycare and nursing activities were held, and parents should contact them. The dormitories taken on vacation by their employers can check their unemployment benefit entitlements in accordance with National Insurance and Employment Service The family-run operators will be able to check their eligibility from the state for a package of measures to maintain the economy's stability, reduce business costs and provide special assistance to the self-employed in accordance with the Ministry of Finance's guidelines. "
Yaniv Bar Or of the Private Dormitory Association in Israel said that at the beginning of the crisis, the organization contacted the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare to understand the implications for private gardens, but they were not specifically stated in the Ministry of Health guidelines. "We did not receive any answers. We were told to contact the Minister of Welfare and repeat, until we were told in a very gentle manner that the closure probably applies to us," Bar Or argued. "Horticulturists simply collapse even before the Treasury is negotiated for assistance. Parents threaten horticulturists and demand refunds from day one without allowing horticulturists where they are and what their economic capabilities are, what the boundaries are, all this has fallen on them."
He said, "Nobody expected this thing to come. From the moment he arrived, there is a flood of demands for refunds and horticulturists do not know how to deal with it. Hard expenses start at between NIS 40,000 and NIS 60,000 a month and they do not know how to handle this situation."