Update of labor laws: An agreement was reached to raise the minimum wage to ILS 5,000 over three years

While orderlies and operating room cleaners (EVS) are paid equally for regular shifts, in shifts marked as “queues shortening shifts” there are significant gaps between the high wages paid to the orderlies (all of whom are men) and the low wages paid to the cleaners (the vast majority of whom are women). The Labor Court […]

A hospital employee posted offensive nationalist remarks against the backdrop of Hamas leader Sinwar’s photo.  The day after the posting, the employee was summoned to a hearing scheduled for the same day and half an hour thereafter she was terminated from her job. The Labor Court held that there was a flaw in the fact […]

An employee who was employed as a salesman and whose salary consisted of a base salary and a “bonus” component resigned due to worsening conditions, as the employer contributed to a pension fund only from the base salary. The Labor Court accepted the claim and held that a ‘bonus’ which is a part of the […]

Waiters employed at the luxury restaurant “Segev” received their salary from a shared tips pool. In 2019, the restaurant unilaterally decided, without the employees’ consent, to deduct 20% from the tips to fund social benefits and related contributions. The employees objected to the change and even took organizational steps to oppose it. The National Labor […]