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The first rule that almost every high-tech entrepreneur or beginner businessman learns, even before he is weaned of the use of diapers, is that no information should be given before signing a confidentiality agreement. The first law that learns a beginner lawyer in the field is that it usually turns out that no agreements are […]

An article on changing an employment agreement by behavior and whether an employee must stand up for his rights or can wait for the employment to end. The article was written by attorney Yair Aloni from Afik & Co.

An article on the ability to prevent an employer to forfeit the severance pay of an employee who embezzled. The article was written by Osnat Nitay of Afik & Co.

An article on the employer identity of employees in a chain managed through franchise agreements - are franchisee employees also employees of the chain?

An article on restrictions on an employee's freedom of occupation when he undergoes special training by the employer

Is there a personal liability of managers and shareholders to company debts to its employees? Under certain circumstances, as the Labor Courts determined, both controlling shareholders and managers may be liable for paying wages of employees (including pension contributions and other obligations to the employees). A well-known corporate rule, which is anchored in the Israeli […]

An article dealing with issues that arise from the fact that employees work from home. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik and Co.

The Covid-19 plague stormed into our lives about two years ago, shuffling the cards and forcing the global and local labor world to quickly adapt to many immediate changes in the forms of employment and employee management. Only time will tell whether the medical storm will also lead to a flood at the Labor Courts. […]

An article on hiring the work force as employees or freelancers. The article was written by Adv. Yaakov (Kobi) Ben Simon of Afik & Co.

An article on the ability of an employer to deny salary from an employee who refuses to be vaccinated against the Covid-19 and the clear statement of the Israeli legislator to employers: Do not hire people who refuse to vaccinate. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik & Co.

An article on the legal implications of using a business on social networks and the need for ongoing legal support when doing so

An article on the issue of protecting the database of the business by proper employment agreements and the need for a labor law risk survey. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik & Co

An article on the importance of creating an employment agreement arranged through a lawyer who also understands the subject of intellectual property to ensure that the rights in the employees' labor products belong to the employer and not to the employees

An employer pays his employee’s wages at varying times: once by the 10th, but sometimes also on the 15th, or the 20th. On the first few times the employee is not “excited”, but after the fifth time, he “wakes up” and seeks to file a claim for holding back wages. But, then, it may be […]

An article on defamation against an employee when updating employees and others regarding the circumstances of his dismissal

An article on the question of whether a settlement agreement that includes a waiver of claims prevents the filing of a claim in a fraud case

An article on payment to employees for forced days of quarantine due to the Covid-19 epidemic and putting employees on unpaid leave during the Covid-19 period

An employee approches the employer and asks for a loan. The employer lends the money to the employee and they agree that every month the employee will repay the money as a deduction from the salary. Is the employee actually obligated to repay the money as a deduction from salary ? Under the Israeli Labor […]

So you succeeded in realizing “the Israeli dream” – you were hired by a high-tech company and are on the right path to “big money”. You arrive at your first day at work and received the standard new employee set of documents, including a “standard” employment contract, which also notes that you are entitled to […]

In recent years there has been a significant case law development in connection with the obligation to hold a pre-dismissal hearing in the private labor law sector. The high compensation awarded for failure to hold a hearing led to a situation in which employers are well aware of their duty. At the same time, this […]

A company employs an employee for a limited period. Before extending the agreement and payment of certain payments related to the finished period of employment, the company demands that the employee sign a waiver as to the previous period of employment. Is such waiver valid under law? In recent years, the trend of the case […]

Every employee in the high-tech industry (and these days also in other sectors of the economy) knows the term “ESOP” and often start-ups, with the aim of saving legal costs, also create an employee stock option plan and option grant agreements instead of salary (or as part of the salary) without first consulting a lawyer […]

An employer holds a conversation with a veteran employee who is close to the retirement age, during which he explained that he wished to remove the employee from his administrative position due to pertinent considerations of structural changes in the company. The parties agree that the employer will consider options for continuing the employment of […]

Statistics indicates that more than a quarter of married couples in Israel will undergo a divorce. Some would say, like the well-known comedian Louis C.K., that marriage is just the preparation for the really good thing – the divorce. At the time of the divorce, the spouses’ assets are balanced and for this purpose each […]