Field notes from EORIL's Israel team on Israeli employment law, payroll mechanics, Bituach Leumi, equity, severance, and everything in between.
If you're hiring 1–20 people in Israel, an Employer of Record is almost always faster and cheaper than incorporating. Here's the full cost comparison, setup, monthly overhead, hidden fees, time-to-first-hire, and when entity wins.
Bituach Leumi (Israel's National Insurance) confuses every foreign employer the first time. Here are the 2026 rates, brackets, what employers pay vs employees, what it covers, and the common mistakes that get companies audited.
A practical playbook for foreign engineering managers making their first hire in Israel, what salary to offer, what benefits Israeli engineers expect, how equity works under the 102 track, and how to close the offer.