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November 8, 2016
Barnea & Co. Represented Hadad Brothers
Our firm represented Hadad Brothers, Worldwide Judaica Artists, in a claim by a service provider with an independent business, that after 17 years of engagement argued for a recognition of an employee-employer relationship and filed a claim for various social benefits in the sum of 1.5 Million NIS. After 2.5 years of legal proceedings, the court this week denied the claim in full.
September 1, 2016
Fathers Granted Right to Paternity Leave - Marie Tsion for Walla
Adv. Marie Tzion, Partner and Head of the Employment department, published an opinion article in Walla Business, following the recently passed amendment, which granted fathers the right to paternity leave at the expense of already existing leave entitlements.
August 29, 2016
Extension Order Increasing the Allocations to Pension Insurance and Amendment to the Control of Financial Services
After about a year of uncertainty about the pension insurance allocation ratios according to Amendment number 12 to the Control of Financial Services (Provident Funds) Law of August 2015, the matter has recently been resolved.
August 25, 2016
Human Resources Forum Half Year Event
Our Head of Employment Department will participate in the Human Resources Forum Half Year Event taking place on September 14th. She will discuss the terms of employment in the weekly rest period.
March 10, 2016
Raising of the retirement age for women- Globes magazine
Our head of the employment department, was interviewed by Globes magazine (in Hebrew) regarding the raising of the retirement age for women "this move is important both for promoting gender equality and for the status of women in the labor market, but I believe that the Israeli labor market is not ready for it".
February 21, 2016
Relocation Seminar for employers
Barnea is pleased to be hosting a seminar for employers on relocation on March 9, 2016. The seminar will take place at our offices. At the seminar we will discuss various aspects of the relocation process. Among the speakers will be Zvi Kan-Tor, partner at Kan-Tor Acco, as well as Michal Daliot and Hanni Ben-Shimol from Relocation. The seminar is being held in cooperation with Kan-Tor Acoo and Relocation office.
January 7, 2016
Employment law - Year End Summary
The year 2015 was characterized by legislative initiatives and interesting rulings relating to the labor market in Israel –employers became obligated to send written notices to job candidates about whether or not they have been accepted for employment, the issue of soccer games on Saturday and more.
December 28, 2015
2015 employment laws: important rulings made this year
The leading Israeli newspaper Globes, interviewed employment experts, including our Head of Employment Department in order to discuss the most influential rulings in this area.
November 8, 2015
The Rise of Employees’ Unionization and Consultation Obligation during Transactions
The Collective Agreements Law provides that the union must represent the majority of unionized employees to whom the collective bargaining agreement applies, and no less than one-third of the total employees to whom the agreement applies. The union must notify the employer of its claim to be recognised as a representing body and the employer may examine the signatures of employees joining the union.
November 4, 2015
What you need to know about employment contracts
Employee rights in Israel are regulated by a long list of laws, extension orders and collective bargaining agreements. The perception of labor law is that it is primarily protective of employees vis-à-vis employers, and indeed, a basic rule of law states that employee contracts cannot derogate from rights prescribed in laws, extension orders and collective bargaining agreements, but may only supplement them
November 2, 2015
Our Firm will lecture at the Upper Galilee Human Resources Managers Forum
On 11/18/15 our firm will lecture in a Human Resources Managers Forum at Caesarea.
The forum includes CEO’s and HR managers of leading companies and meets once a month. We will give a lecture on the importance of labor agreement.
October 29, 2015
"Dos and don'ts" in employees agreements: recommended modifications in light of Court decisions.
Barnea 's head of Labour department was interviewed by Globes. We described what employers should be including in employee agreements.
September 7, 2015
Lexology Navigator - Employment & Labour
We were chosen to be the author of the Israeli chapter of "Lexology Navigator - Employment Labour".
In this exclusive chapter, we provide a market and regulatory overview in respect of Israel.
Lexology is a web-based service that provides company law departments and law firms with a depth of free practical know-how that would be impossible to produce internally. Lexology has become the pre-eminent online source of legal news, updates and analysis for more than 242,000 lawyers worldwide.
August 20, 2015
Which employee has a right to have a day off and when – and who must go to work?
Marie Tsion, head of employment department, was interviewed by Globes.
June 25, 2015
Employment of youths in the summer vacation
As an expert in Labor law, Marie Tsion was interviewed in the economic section of "Yedioth Ahronot" regarding the employment of youths in the summer vacation. Marie elaborated on the relevant requirements for an employer who decides to hire youths.
April 28, 2015
"Voluntary retirement plans": what the employee needs to know
Last week Teva and Cellcom announced voluntary retirement plans for certain employees. Teva offers early retirement to 200 employees. The plan includes a retirement package on particularly beneficial terms, markedly higher than what prevails in the market.
Cellcom offers every employee with 30 months or more of seniority the possibility to terminate his work at the group, with a substantial economic parachute in the form of especially generous retirement terms. The plan includes an attractive basket of benefits with a limited number of places. Starting now and during an entire month, all company employees meeting the seniority criterion can submit a request to management for inclusion in the plan.
Following those offers, Marie Tsion was interviewed by Globes and discussed the influence of workers' committees: "Once there is a worker's committee and convergence of interests - a voluntary retirement plan is the best solution. An Employer understands that in this way it will achieve maximum results and pay less, eventually. If the CEO feels he has a partner he will always prefer the dialogue ".
April 12, 2015
April 2015 News flash – labor laws
An amendment to the Minimum Wage Law was recently promulgated, which will be gradually applied with reference to four periods. The first period begins on April 1, 2015, when the minimum wage is to be updated to NIS 4,650 (gross). The first update must be made in the April 2015 wage, which is payable at the beginning of May 2015.
All employers in the economy, including employers who are not employing employees at minimum wage, must specify the minimum wage rate in all pay slips. As a result, pay slips must be revised accordingly.
Pursuant to the law, for the purpose of calculating compliance with the minimum wage, base wage/combined wage, cost of living increases and permanent allowances being paid to employees on account of their work must be taken into account.
The subsequent minimum wage updates shall be as follows:
On April 1, 2016, the wage shall be updated to the higher of NIS 4,650 or 47.5% of the average wage in the economy as it shall be on that date.
On July 1, 2016, the wage shall be updated to the higher of the wage during the second period or NIS 4,825.
On January 1, 2017, the minimum wage shall be updated to NIS 5,000.
If you need additional details or advice regarding specific circumstances, feel free to contact our Labor Law Department.
March 16, 2015
Election Day: Can the employer oblige you to work?
Election Day in Israel is considered a day off. The employer cannot oblige its employees to work without this day off - except for a series of public services established by the CEC. We were interviewed by Ynet regarding the rights of employees.
March 10, 2015
New Procedure for Work Visas for Foreign Experts
The Israel Immigration Authority recently published a new, experimental, streamlined procedure for issuance of work visas for foreign experts, allowing the holder to work in Israel for up to 30 days over a 12 month period.
Previously, multinational companies that wished to send professionals to Israel to work with their Israeli RD centers or strategic partners for short periods of time were required to apply for and obtain a work permit (from the Ministry of Economy) and then a work visa at an Israeli consulate abroad, all before entering Israel.
Under the new procedure, application for a work permit for an expert employee will be expedited, with full processing completed within 6 days in most cases. Once the work permit is granted, the expert may enter Israel as a tourist, provided that he or she reports to the Immigration Authority within two business days of arrival, where the tourist visa will be converted to a work visa.
This new process should lessen the burden on multinationals or non-Israeli acquirers that require their expert employees to supervise operations in Israel, and it allows these companies to send their experts to Israel on an urgent basis.
March 2, 2015
Importance of employment contracts - Marie Tsion's lecture at the Human Resources Managers Forum
Marie Tsion to participate in a Human Resources Managers Forum at the Emek Yezreel Academic College. Marie was lectured about the importance of employment contracts and the way it may influence the position of HR manager in the organization.