Employment of Women Law (Amendment 46) – 2010
The full update (in Hebrew) is available through the PDF icon.
Media Center
April / 2010
Employment and Benefits
March / 2010
The Right Way to Revise Your Site’s Terms of Use
For the first time ever, the Israeli Database Registrar imposed an administrative fine (in the amount of NIS 177,000) on a company for its use of a database in violation of the Israeli Privacy Law.
In this Privacy Law Update David Mirchin explains the violation in this case, and reminds clients of what to do so that they don’t end up in the same predicament as this company.
The full update is available through the PDF icon.
Technology and Intellectual Property
February / 2010
Employment of Women Law (Amendment 45) – 2010
The full update (in Hebrew) is available through the PDF icon.
Employment and Benefits
January / 2010
Class and Group Actions 2010
Meitar partners contribute chapter to “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Class and Group Actions 2010″
Dr. Israel (Reli) Lshem, head of Meitar’s Dispute Resolution and Litigation Group, and Ron Peleg, partner in the litigation group, contributed the Israeli chapter in “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Class and Group Actions 2010, A practical insight to cross-border Class and Group Actions work”. Published by Global Legal Group, London. http://www.iclg.co.uk
The full update is available through the PDF icon.
Dispute Resolution
January / 2010
Lawmaking, Regulation and The Financial Crisis In Israel
Presentation of Maya Liquornik at a Hebrew University symposium on new legislative proposals for financial regulation reform.
The full presentation is available through the PDF icon.
Regulation and Public Policy
January / 2010
Acknowledgment of Independent Contractor as an Employee
Meitar’s Employment and Benefits Group, has published a Client Update analyzing a recent case heard in the Israeli National Labor Court, regarding an independent contractor’s right to social benefits as an employee.
In order to prevent claims by independent contractors to receive social benefits as an employee, employers had included a section in their agreements with the independent contractor, according to which, if the independent contractor were to be deemed an employee the amounts paid to him shall be reduced accordingly by the amount of those social benefits granted to an employee. The Israeli National Labor Court has now ruled that this section is only one parameter and will not necessarily indicate the type of relationship between the parties.
The full update (in Hebrew) is available through the PDF icon.
Employment and Benefits
January / 2010
Flexible Working Hours
Meitar’s Employment and Benefits Group, has published a Client Update regarding a possible change in employment agreements which will enable employers to calculate employee overtime hours on a monthly basis, and not on a daily basis, according to the Working Hours Law.
According to the Working Hours Law, an employee who works over 8.36 hours a day is entitled to an overtime payment. Many employers feel frustrated in light of this legal situation, since they do not supervise their employees’ arrival and departure and wish to give them the flexibility of arranging their own working hours.
The Labor Courts in Israel have permitted employers to agree with their employees on an alternative arrangement whereby the employees’ working hours will be flexible at the employer and employee’s convenience, as long as the employee fulfills the monthly hourly quota.
The full update (in Hebrew) is available through the PDF icon.
Employment and Benefits 