Amendment to the equal rights in employment shifted the burden of proof to employers

Wage deductions under the component of a “deposit” were made from the salary of a brazilian football player who played for the Maccabi Haifa football club during his final months of employment.  The said deductions were intended to secure the payment of the player’s future expenses, such as debts for traffic fines, housing bills, and […]

Natan Zehavi, a Radio Le-Lo Hafsaka broadcaster provided broadcasting services to the radio station as an independent contractor.  Following a controversial on-air statement, the station suspended the broadcaster without pay and refused to reinstate him without receiving new financial guarantees on his part.  However, the station refrained from formally terminating the agreement, thereby keeping his […]

In July, 2026, an amendment to the Israeli Annual Leave Law was legislated, adding the Memorial Day of a first-degree relative (parent, child, spouse, or sibling) to the list of statutory optional leave days. Accordingly, an employee is entitled to take this optional leave day out of their annual leave quota on the memorial day […]

A senior employee who was terminated from a company demanded to receive 20% of its shares, claiming that according to the employment agreement, he is entitled to 5% of the shares of its subsidiary, which was not actually established, because the value of the employing company is four times the value of the subsidiary. The […]