ארכיון Employment

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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".

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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January 11, 2015

You’ve been on a job interview but are still waiting for an answer? The employer must now inform the job seeker

The new amendment to the Notice to Employee will require employers to give written responses to job applicants whether or not they have been hired. The new amendment will take effect at the end of January. Today, hiring procedures can include a number of in-house interviews, assessment centers and more. Thus the employee recruitment process has become increasingly longer. Candidates often have to wait lengthy periods before receiving a reply from employers and sometimes do not get a reply at all. Candidates are left with considerable uncertainty regarding the important issue of pursuing a career. The amendment is intended to address these issues.

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January 13, 2015

Marie Tsion will lecture at the Upper Galilee Human Resources Managers Forum

On 12 February 2015, Marie Tsion, head of employment law, will participate in the HR Managers Forum of the northern region. The forum includes CEO’s and HR managers of leading companies and meets once a month at the Upper Galilee Regional Council.

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.

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.

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