As of April 1, 2018, the working week in Israel is shortened to 42 work hours

An employee demanded from his employer rights arising from his work for it, despite a partnership agreement signed between the parties before starting his work. The Labor Court accepted the employee’s contention because in practice the employee was not a partner in the partnership that managed the business in which he was employed. The existence […]

A company that owns software of auxiliary programming services for mainframe computers discovered that a former employee begun competing with it by using a similar software. The Labor Court accepted the claim for copyright infringement by copying. Although the copyright protection of computer software derives from its definition as a literary work, this does not […]

A marketing and sales employee established a competing business while working for his employer and after the work relations ended, he contacted his employer’s customers and recruited some of them as customers to his business. The Court accepted the claim and held that the employee stole a confidential customer list and breached the duty of […]

An employer discovered that a former employee used confidential commercial information that came into his hands as part of his work for the company, for the benefit of his new employer. The Court ordered the employee to compensate the employer due to the breach of fiduciary duty and good faith. When it comes to up-to-date […]