Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Israel as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Israel: Protection against dismissal due to pregnancy becomes broader in scope
A regional Labour Court has found that a female employee was dismissed on grounds of her pregnancy, even though not formally protected by either the Women’s Labour Law or Equal Opportunities in Employment Law …
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Israel: A guide to ‘hot work’
Employees who are employed in factories and undertaking work under extreme temperatures are subject to specific safety requirements …
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Israel: The obligation to pay the wages of the Palestinian workers through bank transfers
Employers of Palestinian workers legally employed in Israel will, for the first time, be able to pay the workers’ wages through a bank transfer to their accounts maintained by the Palestinian Authority …
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Israel: People with disabilities (2020)
People with disabilities accounted for 16% of the working-age population in 2020 …
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Israel: Average salary falls slightly; tech wages hold steady
Average salaries have fallen slightly, whilst tech salaries have held steady …
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Israel: Government proposes paid paternity leave allowance of between two weeks and one month
The Cabinet has approved a proposal to introduce a paid paternity leave entitlement of two weeks to one month …
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Israel: Privacy protection authority adapts privacy protection laws
A draft Bill is being introduced into the Knesset (Parliament) to adapt the existing Privacy Protection law to the digital age …
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Israel: Hi-tech workers abroad to receive tax benefits if they return to Israel
The recent growth of investment in the high tech sector has not been matched by the ability of companies to recruit suitably skilled employees …
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Israel: Government to bring foreign professionals to fill tech vacancies
Additional work visas being made available to assist tech companies …
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Israel: Planned law will let Israel collect personal info on all airline passengers
Airlines will soon have to reveal an increased amount of customer data …
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Israel: New bill would limit unemployment benefits for those fired for refusing vaccine
A new draft Bill backed by the Finance Minister would allow those who refused a COVID-19 vaccination or regular testing to be considered to have resigned their job …
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Israel: Ministers okay compromise to lower ultra-Orthodox IDF exemption age
The Cabinet has finally approved a law reducing the age at which ultra-orthodox young people are exempted from military service …
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Israel: Tel Aviv labor court rules unvaccinated worker must take 2 weekly COVID tests
It has been ruled by the Tel Aviv Regional court that employers have a legal right to require employees to be vaccinated, or have current negative COVID-19 test results in order to visit their workplace …
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Israel: Unemployment continues to fall (June 2021)
According to the Governor of the bank of Israel, the labour market is now showing signs of recovery, with a rising number of job vacancies being posted …
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Israel: High Court recognizes Reform, Conservative conversions carried out in Israel
In a highly controversial move, the Supreme Court has ruled that any person may convert to Conservative (Masorti), or Reform Judaism and have an automatic right to live in Israel …
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