Overtime calculator 2026: Palestine (inside the Green Line)

For the first 2 overtime hours in a day, pay is at least 125% of the "regular wage", and 150% for each hour after that (Section 16). For Sections 16 and 17, the regular wage includes all supplements the employer pays the employee (Section 18), so we use the total wage. The hourly wage for a monthly employee = salary / 182 hours, the divisor used since the week was shortened to 42 hours (26 x 7 = 182 in the calculator). The calculator applies 125% to all daytime hours, so if overtime goes beyond 2 hours in a day, the later hours are due 150%.

Employing a worker for overtime or on the weekly rest day needs a permit under the law, and we have not confirmed from an official source the weekly cap in the general permit in force, so we give no figure.

The law has no special rate for night work, but a night working day is shorter (7 hours), so overtime starts earlier; the calculator applies the daytime rate. Work on the weekly rest day (Saturday, Friday or Sunday depending on the employee's religion) is paid at least 150% (Section 17), and a monthly employee may take substitute rest of an hour and a half for each hour. We have not checked the rate for work on official holidays in an official text, so it is not calculated. The 182 divisor and the 42-hour week come from the 2018 extension order, whose text we did not find on a government website; we relied on the Kol Zchut summary.

Hours of Work and Rest Law of 1951: Section 2 (8-hour working day), Section 16 (125% then 150%), Section 17 (work on the weekly rest day at 150%), Section 18 (definition of regular wage). Extension order shortening the working week to 42 hours from 1 April 2018.

1. Hourly wage = the total monthly salary ÷ 26 days ÷ 7 hours = 74.18 ILS on the example salary.
2. Each overtime hour = the hourly wage × the rate for that kind of hour (day, night, rest day or public holiday).
3. 20 daytime hours on a basic salary of 10,000 and a total of 13,500 ILS: 1,854 ILS.