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March 13, 2017
New Labor Court Ruling on The Subject of Age Discrimination
The subject of discrimination in the labor market in general, and the subject of ageism in particular, has lately become a hot topic in the public discourse. A recent ruling handed down by the Regional Labor Court in Tel-Aviv in the Bat Sheva Simchi vs. Maabarot Products Ltd. case addressed the issue of age discrimination.
March 8, 2017
Carve-out Plans for Company Employees
One of the common remuneration mechanisms in startups and technology companies is the granting of options to employees in addition to or, sometimes, in lieu of, the traditional remuneration component – the cash salary.
February 21, 2017
Does the US Visa Boom Herald New Opportunities for Law Firms?
Adv. Marie Tsion, Head of the Employment Department at Barnea was interviewed by The Lawyer regarding the effect of the E-2 visa programme on the legal market. Marie commented that the E-2 investor visas will allow US companies, entrepreneurs and employees to start business activities in Israel more easily. This visa is likely to increase the number of US companies establishing activities in Israel.
February 5, 2017
Doing Business in Israel – Practical Law
Doing Business in Israel? A QA guide to doing business in Israel written by Barnea was published in the Practical Law website. The guide gives an overview of the legal system, foreign investment, regulation, and other issues pertaining to Israel.
January 15, 2017
Privacy and Data Protection Law
On 17/01 Barnea together with the ACC, will host an event on Privacy and Data Protection Law affecting employees in the workplace.We will lecture on the Israeli Privacy Aspects.
December 15, 2016
End of Year Employment Law Summary to impact upon 2017
Adv. Marie Tsion, Head of Employment Department at Barnea was interviewed by The Marker. Marie presented the most important developments in labor law which will impact upon 2017. Marie commented that employee's right to privacy in the workplace was the focus of discussion in respect of 2017 and will continue to be discussed in the coming year.
December 12, 2016
Round-table Regarding the Employment of Arab Interns and Lawyers
Adv. Micky Barnea will participate in a round-table meeting with other leading law firms regarding the employment of Arab interns and lawyers. The meeting was initiated by the Deans of the Universities' Faculty of Law.
December 6, 2016
Update on Employee Rights – Minimum Wage, Annual Paid Leave, Pension
Three updates to employee rights (Minimum Wage – Annual Paid Leave – Pension) came into effect on July 2016. The following is important news about the next update to employee rights, which is expected to come into effect on 1.1.2017.
November 9, 2016
Voluntary Retirement Program
Following reports on the voluntary retirement programs that are promoted by the Israel’s largest banks, our Head of the Employment Department at Barnea was interviewed by Globes. She commented that a successful voluntary retirement program is one which creates a situation where the employer offers retirement to certain workers, without harming the functioning of the organization, which often relies on the knowledge and experience of the veterans.
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.