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SubscribeAn employee that revealed after dismissal that she undergoes fertility treatments may not be terminated without permit
Labor Law and Immigration
Dispute Resolution
An employee was summoned for a hearing after which she was terminated. After receipt of the summary of the hearing, the employee notified that she is in fertility treatments. The Labor Court held that the Women Work Law and the Equal Employment Opportunities Law are intended to eliminate the unacceptable social phenomena of discrimination against […]
Under certain circumstances in a claim against a shareholder one may claim rights belonging to the company
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Dispute Resolution
Construction
An entrepreneur led a group of purchasers in a construction project and contacted the purchasers both by himself and through a company wholly owned by him. In the insolvency proceedings of the entrepreneur, his creditors requested to receive rights belonging to the company wholly held by him. The Supreme Court held that Israeli law enables […]
D&O exemption from liability replacing a prior exemption creates continuity and does not stand by itself
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Dispute Resolution
A shareholder in a public company moved to approve a derivative claim against directors contending transactions in conflict of interests and negligence, after the company’s board of directors refused to file the claim. The shareholder also contended that the letters of exemption from liability and indemnification given to the directors were not valid as they […]
“Taming of the Shrew” in the Digital Age-Employer Emails and Defamation
Labor Law and Immigration
Commercial, Banking and Financial
An employee is dismissed due to disciplinary issues. The employer, in order to ensure that the events do not repeat themselves, informs all employees by e-mail of the matter. The employer does that in a broad office distribution to the rest of the employees in order to promote proper work discipline in the workplace. Can […]
A manager in a position of trust is not entitled to compensation for overtime
Labor Law and Immigration
Dispute Resolution
A garage manager who had a central position and even earned a high salary demanded payment for overtime. The National Labor Court held that when an employee is in a management position, it is possible to determine that he holds a position of trust and therefore he is not entitled to compensation for overtime. The […]
Failure to review potential debts prior to commencement of voluntary liquidation of a company will create personal liability for managers
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Labor Law and Immigration
Dispute Resolution
A travel agency was ordered to pay severance pay and social rights to an employee. Before the Court verdict was given, the company entered voluntary liquidation proceedings and the employee sought to personally obligate the directors and the liquidator of the company. The Court accepted the claim and held that a director who signed a […]
A joint tenant may not make a unique use of part of the land if the use prevents reasonable use of the other owners
Real Estate
Dispute Resolution
A land was held in joint tenancy, where each holder used a specific built part of the land and the courtyards were in common use. One of the holders closed part of the yard and built a café there. The Court held that joint tenancy is a joint ownership in which no joint holder has […]
The Jerusalem Post: Israeli fruit-fly lure helps save Togo’s mango crop
High-Tech and Technology
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
International Transactions and Dispute Resolution
An article published on July 29, 2018 in the Jerusalem Post, written by Abigail Klein Leichman, about the success of the Israeli biofeed company in the field of pest control, which led to direct cooperation with the Togolese government, with the involvement of Adv. Doron Afik, the founding partner of Afik & Co
