The past few days have been fraught with considerable complexities, including with regard to labor relations in Israel.
The big question these days is who has permission to work, and from what location. In this update, we...more
6/19/2025
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Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Essential Workers ,
Israel ,
Leave of Absence ,
Ministry of Labour ,
Over-Time ,
Remote Working ,
State of Emergency ,
Wage and Hour
In Israel, many employers customarily employ teenagers during the summer vacation. Since the school year is coming to a close, we are recapping highlights of the Youth Employment Law to remind employers about what is...more
A new extension order signed in March 2025 applies to employees in the construction, infrastructure, heavy equipment, public works, civil engineering and renovation sectors and came into effect on April 1....more
5/2/2025
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Construction Industry ,
Effective Date ,
Employee Benefits ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Infrastructure ,
Israel ,
New Legislation ,
Public Projects ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages
The minimum wage in Israel is rising by 6.25% to ILS 6,247.67 per month as of April 1, 2025 (compared to ILS 5,880 last year). The minimum wage for hourly workers is increasing to ILS 34.32, compared to ILS 32.30 prior to the...more
Israel began 2025 with a series of labor law amendments and updates. Following are highlights of relevant amendments and innovations. ...more
1/15/2025
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Contract Terms ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Independent Contractors ,
Israel ,
New Legislation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Wage and Hour
In a precedent-setting ruling handed down recently, the National Labor Court ruled that sales commissions must be included in wages for the purpose of calculating sick pay, vacation pay, pension contributions and overtime...more
The payment of wages to private-sector employees in Israel who were absent from work due to the war was made contingent upon the signing of a collective bargaining agreement and the issuance of an extension order applying its...more
The Law for Increased Enforcement of Labor Laws recently marked one decade since its enactment. Since then, we have waited for the enactment of regulations stipulating service contractors’ obligatory mode of calculation of...more
Minimum wage in Israel is being updated for the first time in five years, and will rise by 5.12%. This update applies to the entire economy and has additional economic implications pertaining to the social rights of employees...more
A major characteristic of the past year was an array of interesting and innovative legislative initiatives and court rulings relating to employment in Israel. These initiatives and rulings addressed burning issues in the...more
1/5/2023
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Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement ,
Equal Pay ,
Israel ,
Labor Code ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Gap ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sick Pay ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Bullying
An amendment to the Employment of Women Law, which went into effect on March 14, 2022, expands night shift work arrangements to include single parents. Any employee or candidate for employment who is a single parent (as...more
The deadline for implementing the provisions of the new amendment to the Male and Female Workers (Equal Pay) Law is June 1, 2022. The purpose of the amendment is to increase organizations’ transparency about gender pay gaps....more
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. In certain circumstances,...more
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...more
Under a statutory amendment to the Economic Assistance Program Law (Novel Coronavirus) (Temporary Order), an employee must be paid salary during absences from work due to mandatory quarantine. The employer and the State will...more
According to a new amendment to the Male and Female Workers (Equal Pay) Law, employers must publish a yearly report outlining wage gaps between female and male employees. The amendment provides that certain employers...more
From time to time we are asked what to do in instances where employees are absent from work without permission, and whether such absence constitutes abandonment of the job, and thus – resignation. In a recent judgment it was...more
10/28/2019
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Adverse Employment Action ,
Attendance ,
Discipline ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Leave of Absence ,
Medical Leave ,
Resignation ,
Wage and Hour
The election for the 22nd Knesset will be held on September 17, 2019. This is the first time in Israel’s political history that two elections for the Knesset will take place in the same year.
Election Day is a statutory...more
Last June, the Be’er Sheva Regional Labor Court published an unusual decision. It concerned a female pharmacist who earned a lower salary than a man performing similar work at a different pharmacy owned by the same employer....more