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August 9, 2021
Workplace Delta Variant Preparedness: New Guidelines on Quarantine Payments for Employees
Due to the recent increase in incidences of COVID-19, there has been an update to the guidelines on quarantine payments to employees. Here are the main points of the update, for your convenience.
June 30, 2021
Older Workers' Challenges in Reentering the Employment Market
We are on the cusp of a challenging period, with hundreds of thousands of jobseekers trying to reenter the employment market. For many of them, especially older workers (55 and up), this is a frustrating task.
Netta Bromberg, the head of our Employment Department, was interviewed by the "Tzeva Hakesef" radio program about the legal aspects of employing workers aged 55 and up.
June 7, 2021
Employers: Coronavirus Restrictions Have Expired
On June 1, 2021, the regulations that guided the conduct of workplaces during the coronavirus crisis expired. Accordingly, from this day forward, there is no longer a requirement to operate in accordance with the green tag or purple tag directives in the workplace. At this stage, holding gatherings, professional trainings, and group meals at the workplace is permitted, even without observing social distancing.
June 6, 2021
Contractors' Lawsuits for Recognition of Employment Relationship: Changing the Rules of the Game
One of the possible contractual forms between parties is the provision of services as an independent contractor (in colloquial terms, a freelancer). This type of contracting is not particularly favored by labor courts, which seek, as a policy matter, to apply employment relations in cases involving claims of the existence of an employee-employer relationship. Once in a while, labor courts establish new rules on recognizing employment relationships and on retroactive calculation of the rights of independent contractors as employees.
May 23, 2021
How Should an Employer Deal with an Employee's Problematic Posts on Social Media?
In light of heightened security tensions in recent days, a post by an employee on social media that goes beyond the bounds of legitimate opinion may disrupt routine daily conduct in the workplace. An employer must therefore act accordingly to remedy the situation. In an op-ed published in Globes, Netta Bromberg, the head of our Employment Department, explains how an employer should respond.
May 20, 2021
Wrote a Racist Post? You Could Be Fired
Netta Bromberg, our Head of Employment Department, was interviewed as part an article in Yedioth Ahronoth’s finance section. She explains which statements are permissible and which are forbidden for employees posting on social media platforms that belong to their workplaces.
March 22, 2021
Can employers prevent unvaccinated employees from coming to work?
Yesterday, a labor court ruled for the first time that, under particular circumstances, employees who have not been vaccinated or do not present a negative coronavirus test may be denied entry to the workplace.
March 2, 2021
Can an Employee Refuse to Return from Unpaid Leave?
What does it mean for an employee to refuse to return from unpaid leave? Can an employee claim this constitutes a worsening of employment conditions? Is an employer allowed to return only some of its employees? What happens to employees who are unable to return? Check out this guide on returning from unpaid leave by Netta Bromberg, the head of our Employment Department.
February 18, 2021
Israel: Workplace Sexual Harassment – Disclosure of Materials in Internal Investigations
A new court ruling may require employers to disclose materials collected during investigations into incidents of sexual harassment.
February 18, 2021
Employers: Everything You Need to Know about Vaccinations
This past year has been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride for employers in Israel, in terms of both their business activities and their role as employers. Now, when we can perhaps see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel in the form of Israel’s vaccination campaign, quite a few questions arise.
January 12, 2021
Employers: It’s Time to Protect Employee Privacy
Until recently, companies have focused their privacy policies on customers and suppliers, but have not placed enough emphasis on the privacy of their employees. We are now seeing a trend reversal, as employees are beginning to understand that an organization cannot do what it wants with their information and that there are legal limitations to collecting information about them. Organizations must now be more careful with employees’ privacy and this is how to do it.
January 8, 2021
Prepare Your Workplace for Lockdown Number Three (and a Half)
Israel entered another general lockdown, which began at midnight (January 8, 2021) and will continue until January 21, 2021. We have summarized the main guidelines concerning workplace activity during lockdown. The final and binding version of the regulations regarding workplace activity during lockdown have yet to be published.
December 29, 2020
Epidemiological Investigations and Privacy Protection
Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority published its guidelines and emphases for protecting the privacy of individuals when conducting COVID-19 epidemiological investigations in workplaces.
December 27, 2020
Update on Service Users’ Obligation to Hold Hearings for Service Providers’ Employees
Last July, the National Labor Court issued an important ruling on a service user’s obligation to take part in the termination and hearing process for contract workers employed on site. According to that ruling, the extent of the service user’s participation in the hearing depends on the circumstances. Accordingly, in our previous update, we tried to predict the criteria that would be taken into account, in order to analyze how the National Labor Court’s ruling should be applied in various scenarios.
December 22, 2020
Employees Do Not (Necessarily) Have a Vested Right to a Bonus, Even If They Received One for Years
The COVID-19 crisis has thrown many employers into economic difficulties. In these uncertain times, many employers are asking themselves if they are obligated to pay their employees bonuses. Just before the end of 2020, the Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court issued a new ruling on this very subject.
December 22, 2020
New Case Law: Can Employees Consent to Worse Employment Conditions through Conduct?
In light of the COVID-19 crisis, many employers have been forced to reduce employees' salaries. Such reductions, when not made through agreements or in an orderly fashion, may be fertile ground for claims regarding material worsening of work conditions, effective termination proceedings, and creating a stress-filled work environment.
November 30, 2020
Payments to Employees Absent from Work Due to Mandatory Quarantine
A statutory amendment to the Economic Assistance Program Law (Novel Coronavirus) (Temporary Order) arranges payment for employees absent from work due to mandatory quarantine. The new arrangement stipulates that an employee entitled to sick pay from the first day of absence is also entitled to quarantine pay from the first day of absence.
November 23, 2020
Webinar: Proper Management in a Changing Labor Market
Our office will host on December 3, 2020, from 10:30-11:30 am, a webinar entitled "Proper Management in a Changing Labor Market." Topics include innovations in hearing procedures for terminating employees in light of COVID-19 and the impact of digital life on organizations and the nature of work.
November 18, 2020
Acquiring an Israeli Company – Becoming an Israeli Employer
Israel has become an attractive destination for businesses, whether opening operations in Israel or acquiring existing operations. The Israeli market includes cutting-edge research and development and access to some of the leading talents in a range of industries. Many international entities have development centers in Israel (among the many are Intel, Microsoft, Google and SONY).
October 13, 2020
How to Comply with Local Employment Laws in a World with No Boundaries
As a result of COVID-19, in recent months, many employers have closed their offices and required their employees to work from home, sometimes indefinitely. Employers and employees alike have learned that people no longer need to be present at an office to get work done. This has created another unique situation. Israelis who relocated to countries around the world are now either requesting to return to Israel to be close to their family or being asked by their companies to return home in order to save costs. The question is how can this work for an Israeli employed by an international company with no connection to Israel. What are the legal requirements in such a situation? Netta Bromberg, the head of our Employment Department, has published an article in Calcalist on the subject.