Section 2- On-Boarding Information
Induction
During your first shift, which is considered a ‘training’ shift, and other shifts thereafter, until you pass your induction, you will be paid at the training rate of 30 ILS per hour. Your induction shift will usually consist of just one shift, but may be extended to more if the manager does not feel that you are yet able to carry out the role independently, without support. We will not continue to offer you shifts, if after the third shift you have still not passed your induction.
Break Times
Usual shifts are 6 hours, and as such there is no break incorporated. If you work over 6 hours, you must take a minimum of 30 minutes break. The breaktime will be agreed with the manager or shift leader in advance, and must be taken at the specific time. Break times are unpaid. If any ad-hoc breaks are agreed during your 6 hour shift, these would usually be unpaid.
Friday and Saturday working
We require all staff to take at least one Friday, and one Saturday shift per month. Saturday shifts are paid at 150% of the hourly rate.
Overtime and Extra Hours
No overtime working is permitted without permission from the manager. If you work agreed additional hours, you are paid for these.This includes any hours which are over and above the hours that show on the weekly schedule. No overtime is permitted without the prior permission of the manager. If you work unauthorised extra hours, without permission, you are not paid for these, and it is considered as a disciplinary matter.
You are not permitted to work more than 12 hours in any one day and no more than 15 extra hours when working a 5-day week. Where you also work extra hours on a Friday; these can be no more than 6 extra hours.
Monthly staff meetings
You are required to attend monthly staff team meetings. These are once per month; times are published in advance. It is compulsory to attend these. Failure to attend staff meetings could result in disciplinary action.
Dress code and professionalism
You are required to dress in clean, laundered clothes, without stains or marks. Slogans on clothes which may be considered offensive (in the manager’s or director’s opinion) cannot be worn. Attire should be respectful and professional. Trendy wear is encouraged. Sensible footwear, including no open toe shoes should be worn during all shifts.
Salary and calculation of pay
Your salary is paid at 40 ILS per hour; for the hours you were scheduled and worked. Where you have worked over 42 hours per week, any additional hours will be paid at a higher rate, according to Israeli law. Currently the rules state that the first two hours after 42 are paid at 125% of your hourly rate and any further hours are paid at 150% of your hourly rate.
Any hours worked on a Saturday will be paid at 150% of the hourly rate.
Clocking in or out for extra hours (not shown on the weekly/daily schedule) without them having been authorised is considered as misconduct and will not be paid and is considered a disciplinary matter.
Your salary will be paid on or before the 10th of each month in arrears. You can opt to be paid by cheque or bank transfer. Where we have your correct account details via the SIF (Staff Information From) this will be deposited into your account, where we do not, we will provide you with a cheque which can be picked up from the Rainbow front office on the 10th of the month.
Holiday, pension and convalescence are paid in accordance with Israeli law.
Clocking in and out
You are required to use the time clock each day to clock in and out at the beginning and end of your shift. You are required to clock in and out for breaks
Please follow these guidelines for signing in and out, to ensure that you meet company policy:
- Sign in ONLY at the official start time of your shift, not before.
- Sign out NO LATER than the end of your shift; unless you have expressed permission from a manager to work late and claim overtime.
- Sign Out AFTER you have finished your shift, BEFORE you take any breaks, or relax with a coffee
You will have received an induction on how to use the clock but please ask for help if you need any further guidance or support with regards to the clocking in system.
If you clock in before your shift is due to start, or after it is due to finish, the system will automatically reduce your hours to your scheduled hours. The system will also limit your hours to 6 hours per day automatically. If you have worked overtime, and this has been approved, you will need to inform the administrator to ensure a manual override of the system is activated.
Pension
Staff who hold an active pension when they join Rainbow, are entitled to pension contributions from the commencement of employment, and payments should start as soon as possible after starting work, and at least after 3 months, with retroactive payments from your start date.
You must inform us of your pension provider at the beginning of your employment with us via the SIF to receive your pension rights.
Staff without pre-existing, or active pension plan prior to joining Rainbow will receive pension contributions from month 7. Between month 1 and 6 you must set up a pension account with an Israeli pension provider. The Rainbow office can help set an appointment up for you upon request.
Terms and Conditions
Our standard terms and conditions of employment are found at this URL: Click here You agree to these terms and conditions when you complete your staff information form (SIF).
Staff Registration:
Please could you complete the SIF (Staff Information Form) using the link provided below, if you haven’t already done so. You will be required to upload a picture of your ID (if you are Israeli), working visa and foreign passport (if you are not Israeli). You will also be required to upload a selfi, please have these things ready, along with your bank account details and pension provider details prior to logging on to complete the forms.
https://forms.gle/c734cR6LK2zKSo7VA
Staff Portal
The link below is to our staff portal. This provides information on policies, procedures and working practices. It is very important that you familiarise yourself with all the information contained within this site. It is a live site, and is updated on a regular basis, and it is important that you check back here regularly for updates. http://www.rainbow-nursery.info/staff-cafe
Contact Details
The Main company number (which goes through to Kathleen, the office manager) is: 054 627 1708
Gershon (Cafe Manager) is on 050-546-0464
Emma (Site Manager) is on 054 698 2969
Sammy (Rainbow Director) is on 054 241 6146
he email address for the nursery is info@rainbow-nursery.info you may use this to communicate with the administration team.
Holiday
You accrue holiday pay for every shift you work, this is calculated according to Israeli law. Every 3 months, the holiday pay you have accrued is paid in addition to your salary.
Confidentiality
Information provided to you via the staff portal and Whatsapp groups is confidential and should not be shared with people not employed by the nursery. It is your responsibility to safeguard information.
COVID Vaccination
Staff should be fully vaccinated and take COVID booster jobs whenever they are offered and available. Staff must keep the management team fully updated about your vaccination status, so that we can ensure compliance with Ministry of Health and education guidelines covering our sector.
Handwashing during your shift
You are required to wash your hands before and after all instances of food handling, and after touching trash, rubbish, bathrooms or cleaning products. Whilst on shift you should wash your hands a minimum of 3 times per hour.
Calling in sick
It is very difficult for us to manage sickness, especially if it is at the last minute. Unless you are really too unwell to work, we expect you to come in. Where you are unwell please give us as much notice as possible. In the first instance, call the cafe manager, if you are unable to reach the manager or gain a reply from a message sent, then contact the director. Failure to show up to work, without giving adequate notice of sickness, may result in disciplinary action being taken. Ideally, you should swap your shift with another team member.
Changes in your availability
If there are changes in your availability after you have given your hours for the week, and the schedule has been published, it is your responsibility to find another team member to cover your shift. The manager must always be informed in advance of any such changes.
Management team
There is a cafe manager, who leads shifts, manages schedules and provides line management to all cafe team members. From time to time, and at least once a week, the cafe manager will appoint a team member to lead a shift. In addition, there is a site manager – Emma Baruch, who is overall in charge of all activities within the building, and is the nursery manager. Kathleen Varga is the Office Manager and responsible for all administration, and Sammy Fugler is the Rainbow Director.
Sexual Harassment
You should report any claims of sexual harassment to the site manager; Emma Baruch or her Deputy Lauren Oney. You can make a disclosure in writing or verbally. The designated person who is the Rainbow supervisor of Sexual Harassment is Emma Baruch. All matters of sexual harassment will be taken seriously and treated confidentially.
Working restrictions
Whilst employed by Rainbow and for a period of 4 (four) months thereafter (the “Restricted Period”), you are forbidden from being employed, engaged, interested or involved, alone or together with others, directly or indirectly: (a) in providing any services to parents of children who were enrolled to the Nursery during the term of your employment.
During the Restricted Period, you are also forbidden from inducing any employee, consultant, supplier or customer of the Company to terminate, or reduce his/its scope of relationships with the Company, and from soliciting any employee of the Company for the purpose of being employed by you.
Without derogating from the aforesaid:
This means you are not allowed to babysit at all or look after any children who attend Rainbow whilst you are working at Rainbow, and for a minimum of 4 months after you leave.
Thank you and welcome!
Should you wish to discuss or seek further clarification in relation to any of the information contained within this message, please contact your manager.