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June 28, 2023

Co-Hosting with Dueti a Meetup on the HR and Manager Relationship

Our firm co-hosted with Dueti a meetup for HR managers from a number of leading firms in Israel. Netta Bromberg, the head of our firm’s Employment Department, opened the meetup with a lecture on the legal aspects of HR interfaces and employee management. Seven HR managers also lectured as part of the event.

June 5, 2023

When May an Employer Monitor Employees Working Remotely?

Employers that want to use technological surveillance measures to monitor and track employee performance remotely must be diligent about formulating a clear policy, informing employees, and using these means reasonably and proportionately.

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May 15, 2023

Conference: The High-Tech Employment World

We hosted members of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) for the conference The High-Tech Employment World. The conference focused on key issues in the Israeli high-tech employment market and included diverse lectures on such topics as non-competition clauses in employment agreements, the workforce as a critical element in the workplace, and more. Among the speakers at the conference were Micky Barnea, our firm’s managing partner; Nani Maoz, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Everest; and firm lawyers Harel Perlmutter, Netta Bromberg, Inbar Gorelick, and Amos E. Rosenzweig.

May 9, 2023

Amendment to Israel’s Equal Pay Law – New Recommendations (2.0)

For employers that discover gender wage disparities in their organizations, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission recommends taking action to appoint an implementation team comprised of both senior management representatives and employees, for the purpose of preparing a multi-year work plan to promote equal pay and reduce gender wage disparities.

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May 2, 2023

Israeli Court Rules Foreign Workers Not Entitled to Old-Age Pension

The Haifa District Court recently adjudicated on the rights to a pension of a group of foreign workers who had finished their employment and subsequently left Israel. The court determined, as a general rule, that a foreign worker who is not a resident of Israel is not entitled to old-age pension from the National Insurance Institute. Amos E. Rosenzweig, a special of counsel at our firm and former general counsel at the NII, sheds lights on this issue in an article for Calcalist.

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April 16, 2023

Israel’s Minimum Wage Is Rising

The update will take effect already in the salaries for April 2023 and will affect the sums of social contributions to provident funds and severance pay, vacation pay, overtime pay, and sick pay.

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March 23, 2023

New Framework Agreement for Public Sector Employees

The Ministry of Finance and the Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) reached some understandings regarding the framework agreement for the public sector for the years 2020 to 2027.

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March 20, 2023

Lawful Employment Termination in a Changing Labor Market

Employers must be diligent about complying with Israeli labor law and case law when dismissing employees, even during layoffs and reorganization processes, including employees’ statutory rights to a dismissal hearing with their lawyer present.

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March 19, 2023

Policy Update: Employing Ukrainian Citizens in Israel

The Interior Ministry has once again extended its policy of not taking enforcement measures against the employment of Ukrainian citizens who are in Israel because of the war in Ukraine.

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March 16, 2023

Substantial Damages to an Employee for Unlawful Termination and Defamation

A regional labor court found an employer’s conduct did not comply with the law’s provisions on proper termination, and also harmed a longtime employee’s good name.

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March 12, 2023

Stricter Obligations on Recipients of Contract Workers’ Services on Their Premises

From now on, recipients of contract workers’ services must periodically review the wages paid to the service contractor’s employees working on their premises, set up a mechanism for clarifying workers’ grievances, and fulfill a series of other obligations designed to protect contract workers’ rights.

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February 26, 2023

Doing Business in Israel: Being an Employer

Employment law in Israel is dynamic and relies not only on the letter of the law, but also on rapidly changing case law. At the same time, Israeli employment law is highly regulated, and there are a wide variety of rules and standards that obligate the parties to an employment relationship.

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February 7, 2023

How a New Knesset Bill May Affect Labor Strikes

The Knesset is looking to limit workers’ ability to go on strike. Netta Bromberg, the head of our firm’s Employment Department, explains the consequences of MK Simcha Rothman's bill on the right to strike.

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January 25, 2023

Barnea: Hosting Conference on Labor Law and Competition Law

Firm partners Gal Rozent and Neta Bromberg lectured at a conference we hosted for the CEOs of Israel’s leading cleaning companies, part of Israel’s cleaners’ union.

January 12, 2023

A Silent Epidemic – How to Identify, Handle, and Prevent Workplace Bullying

Netta Bromberg, the head of our firm’s Employment Department, was a guest on an episode of the “Bul-Bapony” podcast. Netta discussed the gap between what an individual pays versus an organization for bullying in the workplace and the difficulties in identifying it.

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January 5, 2023

2022: Legislative and Judicial Trends - Israeli Labor Law

In terms of Israeli legislation in 2022, the new and amended legislative arrangements were designed to advance the integration of diverse groups in the workplace. One such example is the amendment to the Male and Female Workers (Equal Pay) Law enacted in June 2022, which prescribed, for the first time, that particular types of employers must report wage gaps in the organization.

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January 2, 2023

Duties and Rights of Israelis Who Relocate – Amos E. Rosenzweig Interview with Walla!

In an interview with Walla! News, Amos E. Rosenzweig, a special counsel at our firm, explains that Israeli law possesses no positive definition of who is considered an Israeli resident, but rather who is not. In addition, Amos discusses the social welfare conditions and financial allowances of Israeli residents who live abroad or are considered returning residents.

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December 29, 2022

New Precedent in Israel – Abuse of a Position of Influence and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

In the case in question, there was no abuse of authority in the work relationship between the defendant and the complainant, since the complainant was not subordinate to the defendant. However, the defendant abused his position of influence over the complainant, obligating the employer to conduct investigation in accordance with a different set of standards.

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December 18, 2022

Exceptional Workplace Bullying Compensation Awarded to an Employee in Israel

The Israeli National Labor Court awarded ILS 300,000 to the employee after a regional labor court awarded the employee only ILS 60,000.

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December 4, 2022

New Ruling on How to Conduct Sexual Harassment Investigations

The Israeli National Labor Court’s ruling indicates there is no fixed or standard format for the proper conduct of an investigation pursuant to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law. Rather, complaints should be clarified within their specific context and considering the unique issues that arise during the process.

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