Employee Benefits (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disclosure of employee benefits [text block] [Abstract]

Liabilities For Employee Benefits [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2018			2019
	NIS			NIS
Current liabilities for:
Holiday		112			120
Sick leave		133			152
Early retirement		329			375
Current maturities of pensioner benefits		7			7
Total current liability for employee benefits		581			654
Non-current liabilities for:
Voluntary redundancy for employees transferred from civil service		241			94
Liability for pensioner benefits		115			137
Severance compensation (net) (see composition below)		54			65
Early notice and pension		35			29
Provision for the streamlining plan		-			31
Total non-current liabilities for employee Benefits		445			356
Total liabilities for employee benefits		1,026			1,010
Composition of liabilities for severance pay:
Liabilities for severance pay		218			230
Fair value of plan assets		(164	)		(165	)
		54			65

Employee Benefits For Contribution Plan [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2017		2018		2019
	NIS		NIS		NIS
Amount recognized as an expense for a defined contribution plan		228		232		223

Actuarial Assumptions For Defined Benefit Plans [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2018		December 31, 2019
	Average capitalization rate		Average capitalization rate
	%		%
Severance compensation		3.73		2.4
Retirement benefits		4.1		2.9

Assumptions Regarding Salary Increments For Calculation Of Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	Salary increase assumptions
Permanent and long-standing employees in the Company	The calculation was based on individual assumptions regarding an expected salary increase for 2020 through to 2026, arising from the collective agreement signed in August 2015.
Permanent employees in the Company	Average adjustment of 3.2% for young employees, decreasing gradually to 1.4% at the age of 66.
Company’s employees that are not permanent	6.4% for young employees decreasing gradually to 0.1%, 2% (in real terms) for senior employees
Pelephone employees	Salary increases were based on the collective agreements signed by Pelephone. The annual salary increase for Pelephone employees is 3% in 2020 and 2% thereafter.
Bezeq International employees	Assumptions about salary increases were based on the collective agreement signed in 2019. The average salary increase for Bezeq International employees is 2.95% in 2020 and 2% thereafter.
DBS employees	Rate of increase of 3.5%.

Sensitivity Analysis For Actuarial Assumptions [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2018			2019
	Years			Years
Discount rate - addition of 0.5%		(37	)		(42	)
Rate of future salary increases - addition of 0.5%		27			35
Rate of employees leaving - addition of 5.0%		(12	)		(25	)
Mortality rate assumption, addition of 5.0%		(2	)		(4	)

Average Weighted Useful Life Of Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2018		2019
	Years		Years
Severance compensation		9.9		10.8
Retirement benefits		13.6		16.6