Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Israel as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Israel: Leaving work one hour early
An agreement was signed on the 29th of March between the Israeli trades union confederation Histadrut and the Presidium of Business Organisations. This gives Israeli employees a choice of leaving work one hour early one day a week or, if they work at weekends, taking one Sunday off every 4–6 weeks. In either case, it will not affect their current basic wage levels. From the 11th of July the new standard workweek for full-time employees will then become 42 hours. The agreement still needs the approval of the Labor Minister to take effect. Even with the reduction, Israeli’s workweek remains one of the highest among the industrialised countries.
Israel: Loading the dice
A new regulation has come into force in Israel’s West Bank which requires Palestinians who wish to take legal action against their employers to lodge a financial deposit in the labour court when making their claim …
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Israel: Labour market shortages
The pool of available talent in Israel, particularly in mathematics, medicine and IT is rapidly drying up …
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Israel: Five-days paternity leave right
The Israeli parliament (Knesset) has approved a new paternity leave law …
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Israel : Aliyah Day
The Knesset (Israel Parliament) has voted to introduce a new national holiday …
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Israel: Increased rights for working parents
Several parental benefit measures are currently going through Israel’s legislative system …
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Israel: Agreement to increase pension contributions
Several of Israel’s business organisations have reached agreement with the General Federation of Labour over increasing contributions to the national pension fund …
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Israel: Higher pay increases in IT and communications
In Israel, salaries in the IT and communications sectors rose by 6% in 2015 to an average of 18,400 new Israeli shekel (4,718 US dollars) per month …
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Israel: Changes to rules on employment of foreign experts
At the tail end of last year Israel overhauled its regulations on the employment of foreign experts (those workers requiring a B-1 visa) …
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Israel: Further increase of national minimum wage in 2017
The Israeli government has agreed to increase the national minimum wage to 5,300 Israeli new sheqel (1,350 US dollars) per month from December 1st 2017 …
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Israel: The making of secret recordings justifies disciplinary action
In two recent cases the courts of Israel have made it clear that employees who make secret recordings of colleagues and superiors will be in breach of trust and discipline …
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