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December 16, 2024
Engaging with Service Providers – Practical Tools and Managing Exposures
Our firm hosted a webinar this morning for in-house counsel on the topic of engaging with service providers. The webinar was held in collaboration with the ACC, the Israeli Association of Corporate Counsel, and was attended by 130 in-house counsel. Adv. Netta Bromberg, Head of the Employment Department at our firm, discussed trends in engaging with service providers, the proper classification of service providers, and guidelines for working with them.
November 20, 2024
Duns 100 Forum for Leading Legal Experts in Labor Law
Adv. Netta Bromberg was invited to join the Duns 100 panel of leading legal experts in labor law. The panel focused on key issues in the world of work, including the workforce crisis, labor disputes, and other challenges impacting the labor market and legal relations.
May 12, 2024
Employment: When Is It Permissible to Fire an Employee Due to Posts on Social Media?
The Regional Labor Court dismissed the claim of an employee who was terminated shortly after Hamas’s October 7 attack, after posting verses from the Quran interpreted as incitement to terrorism. As an expert in labor law, Globes interviewed Netta Bromberg on the ruling. She noted, “This is a ruling of considerable complexity, as it deals not only with legal matters but also with issues of interpretation and cultural context—a multifaceted and weighty subject.”
April 25, 2024
Employment Law: Workers’ Rights during Passover
Lior Girshevitz, an associate in our firm’s Employment Department, was interviewed by N12 for its guide on workers’ rights during the Passover holiday. Lior noted, “There is no legal obligation requiring an employer to make the workplace kosher for Passover. Consequently, an employee has no legal right not to come to the workplace even if it is not kosher according to Jewish law.”
February 27, 2024
Municipal Elections – Netta Bromberg Interview with TheMarker
Netta Bromberg, the head of our firm’s Employment Department, was interviewed by TheMarker about the rights of employees on Israel’s municipal election day. Netta discussed why the day is considered a statutory holiday and what wages employees are entitled to if they do work.
March 4, 2024
New Workplace Guidelines on Privacy Protection: Dr. Avishay Klein’s Guide for Employers Published on Mako
Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority has published new guidelines on the collection of biometric information in the workplace. In response, Dr. Avishay Klein, the head of our firm’s Privacy, Data Protection and Cyber Department, has compiled a practical guide for employers on the subject The guide was published on Mako.
February 14, 2024
Guide to Working Parents’ Rights – Jacki Silbermann Interviewed by Israel Hayom
As an employment law expert, Jacki Silbermann was interviewed by Israel Hayom about the rights of working parents. With regard to shortened work days, Jacki noted, “There are special arrangements that entitle parents to shorter work days for a certain period of time. In the absence of a workplace arrangement regarding shorter work days, and if an employee requests such to take care of his children, he must reach an agreement with his employer."
December 5, 2023
Barnea: Webinar on Employment during the Israel-Hamas War
We hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Israeli Association of Publicly Traded Companies. During the webinar, Lior Girshevitz, from our Employment Department, lectured on the Law for Protection of Workers in Times of Emergency.
November 14, 2023
Webinar: Labor Relations during a State of Emergency
Our firm hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Tel Aviv Central Israel Chamber of Conference. Netta Bromberg, the head of our firm’s Employment Department, lectured on the duties and rights of both employers and employees during wartime.
November 14, 2023
Netta Bromberg Participated in Dun’s 100 Conference for Senior Legal Officials
Yesterday, Dun’s 100 hosted a conference for senior legal officials in the employment field to discuss the repercussions of Operation Swords of Iron on the Israeli labor market. Netta Bromberg, the head of our firm’s Employment Department, noted during the discussion that “on October 7, we woke up to a legal vacuum in the field of labor relations. We need to solve this large legal vacuum with common sense and good will. This should be reflected in how businesses handle employee statements, layoffs and downsizing, unpaid leave, and more.”
October 30, 2023
New Compensation Plan for Reservists – Interviews with Netta Bromberg
This week, the Israeli Ministry of Finance launched a new compensation plan for military reservists. As an expert in the employment field, Netta Bromberg was interviewed by several major Israeli media outlets on the subject.
October 29, 2023
How Businesses Are Affected in Israel – SHRM Interview with Jacki Silbermann
Jacki Silbermann from our Employment Department, was interviewed by the Society for Human Resources Management, the world’s largest HR association, in connection with remote work in Israel during the ongoing war. Jacki noted, “A lot of the businesses where employees can do remote work, in the high-tech and other sectors, have moved to that, and I think they're planning on being in that stage for a while.”
September 7, 2023
Back to Work in the Office – Netta Bromberg Interview with TheMarker
The pandemic is over and employers are demanding employees return from remote work back to the office, despite some employees’ reluctance. Netta Bromberg, the head of our firm’s Employment Department, was interviewed by TheMarker for an article on the subject. Netta noted, “Not every change in employment conditions constitutes a worsening of conditions, especially not an evident one, that allows an employee to qualify for resignation as dismissal. The employer has a workplace and a business to manage, and he has the authority to manage it as he sees fit, including demanding that employees work from the office.”
September 5, 2023
Collective Labor Law: Lecture at Israel Bar Association’s Midrasha
Netta Bromberg, the head of our firm's Employment Department, lectured to a professional study course at the Israel Bar Association’s Midrasha – National Attorney's Academy. The lecture addressed expansion orders and collective bargaining agreements. Netta also touched on conducting legal analysis during due diligence procedures.
August 13, 2023
Barnea: Representing Chargeflow in USD 14 Million Seed Round
Yuval Lazi and Nofar Rose David represented Chargeflow, a startup using AI to fight chargeback fraud, in an investment led by the VC firm OpenView Venture Partners. We provided legal advice on all aspects of the transaction, including labor law matters.
July 26, 2023
Artificial Intelligence in the Office: How to Do It Right
Advs. Netta Bromberg and Dr. Avishay Klein were interviewed by Yedioth Ahronoth and gave tips to employers regarding the correct use of artificial intelligence in workplaces.
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.
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 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.
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.