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Israel: Amendment to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law

The Knesset recently promulgated an amendment to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law.    This is an important legislative amendment protecting a large group of employees who are largely at the bottom of the organizational...more

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Israel: Significant Changes in Privacy Protection Law

The Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee has approved an amendment to the Israeli Privacy Protection Law (PPL). The amendment proposes extensive changes to the PPL, including granting additional enforcement powers...more

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Compulsory Online Reporting to the Registrar of Companies

On June 27, 2022, the Israeli legislature promulgated Amendment No. 2 to the Digital Communications with Public Bodies Law and Amendment No. 35 to the Companies Law. This amendment prescribes, inter alia, a new procedure...more

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Amendments to the Israeli Succession Law

New amendments to the Israeli Succession Law came into effect recently. These amendments aim to alleviate the bureaucratic burden involved both in issuing probate orders or inheritance orders and in supervising estate...more

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

The amendment to the Male and Female Workers (Equal Pay) Law came into effect on June 1, 2022. The amendment obligates employers employing more than 518 employees and employers that are public companies (as defined in the...more

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ISA Seeks to Expand Authority beyond Securities Offenses

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The Israel Securities Authority recently published a draft bill to amend the Securities Law. The amendment would give the ISA the power to investigate related offenses committed in addition to securities offenses. Under the...more

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Latest Legislative Amendments to Promote Pinui-Binui Projects

As a result of skyrocketing housing prices in Israel, a number of major legislative amendments are being enacted to regulate pinui-binui (vacate-and-build) projects. The legislature announced that the purpose of these...more

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Whistleblower Protection in the Workplace

An amendment was recently made to the Protection of Employees (Exposure of Offenses, of Unethical Conduct and of Improper Administration) Law. This law aims to protect employees who expose acts of corruption in their...more

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Sick Pay from First Day for Employees with Malignant Diseases

Under the Sick Pay Law, employers must pay for sick days starting on the second day an employee is absent. The pay is 50% of the employee’s normal salary for the second and third days of absence, and full pay starting from...more

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Amendment to Israeli Competition Rules – RPM Arrangements

The block exemption for non-horizontal arrangements recently underwent a significant change. Beyond changing the name of the block exemption to “Rules of Economic Competition,” a significant amendment was introduced relating...more

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Amendment to Consumer Protection Law Restricts Telemarketing Calls

Israel’s Knesset recently passed an amendment to the Consumer Protection Law. The amendment aims to prevent aggressive telemarketing, particularly for vulnerable groups such as senior citizens and new immigrants....more

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