Kav LaOved filed an appeal regarding the mismanagement of pension funds for...
Press release Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline filed an appeal (2.11) against the Israeli government, the Population, Borders, and Immigration Authority, and the Ministry of Finance, regarding the...
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Violation of the Right to Medical Care of Palestinian Workers
The Finance Ministry’s Exploitation of a Weakened and Voiceless Sector of Workers: Violation of the Right to Medical Care of Palestinian Workers Employed in Israel Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline Report,...
View ArticleInfringements of Palestinian workers Rights
April 4, 2016 Position Paper on The Government Decision to Promote Economic Cooperation by Granting Work Permits to Palestinians (Decision 1236, March 8 2016) Kav LaOved welcomes the recent...
View ArticleAlternative model of employment for Palestinian workers
At its meeting on March 8th 2016, the government decided (decision #1236) to “strengthen economic cooperation through the employment of Palestinian workers in Israel.” The state approved the decision...
View ArticleDramatic Rise in Brokerage Fees Paid by Caregivers in Israel
Summary of the report “Black Labor, Black Money” – Context Report of 2016 The average amount of brokerage fees paid by a caregiver to reach work in Israel is $10,688. About 75% of the amount is...
View ArticleThe Deposit Fund for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and its destructive consequences
Human rights organizations appealed to Minister of the Interior Aryeh Deri and Interior Committee Chairman MK Amsalem to warn of the expected repercussions if the deposit fund is approved in the...
View ArticleWarning Strike of 1,200 Crane Operators – Globes Article
“We’re sitting alone up there. We have no panic buttons, no first aid kit, no fire extinguishers, no bathroom access, no running water, we do not have enough inspectors to guard against safety hazards...
View ArticleDisability and Long-Term Care Benefits Must be Increased – Globes Article
“If the state refuses to increase the capacity of care facilities, refuses to invest in improving the quality of nursing care, and refuses to grant the elderly and disabled the disability benefits...
View ArticleApproved for First Reading: Abusive Employers Can’t Employ Migrant Workers –...
Two days ago, the Labor and Welfare Committee approved the first reading of a critical bill. The proposed legislation would deny extremely abusive employers from attaining permits to employ migrant...
View ArticleRun Out of Town for Teaching Farm Workers Their Rights – +972 Magazine Article
“What was so dangerous about us, about what we were doing? What were the employers so afraid of? They are afraid that the workers will demand their rights. That they will demand the minimum wage, that...
View ArticleRights Groups Ask Court to Scrap Deductions From Asylum Seekers’ Salaries –...
“Human rights groups petitioned the High Court of Justice on Monday to cancel a law that will require deducting 20 percent each month from asylum seekers’ salaries for a deposit they may reclaim once...
View ArticleThe Real Guide to Employing A Migrant Caregiver – Mako Article
“They told me that a foreign caregiver would cost maximum 5,000 NIS per month. If I had known that I would have to pay her social benefits, I never would have hired her.” Should you employ a veteran...
View ArticleGive Caregivers Their Money – Haaretz Article
“As of November 2016 the law obliges personnel agencies handling migrant caregivers to deduct money for each worker’s pension and severance pay, and deposit it in a special bank account for them....
View ArticleIsrael’s New Tactic for Forcing Out African Refugees: Dock Their Wages – +972...
“If Israel had invested even a fraction of the resources and energy it does into abusing African asylum seekers into, instead, reviewing their asylum requests, integrating them into Israeli society and...
View ArticleHow Israel Regulates Migrant Caregivers’ Love Lives – Haaretz Article
More and more woman workers have been coming to us recently, with the exact same story: they paid astronomical brokerage fees in order to be able to work in Israel. They arrived here only to face an...
View ArticleThe Change in the Permit Giving Model for Palestinians is Delayed, and the...
The government’s decision to dramatically change the permit giving model for Palestinians from the West Bank was supposed to be applied starting this month, but the authorities have apparently not...
View ArticleRights Groups Ask Court to Scrap Deductions From Asylum Seekers’ Salaries –...
Jamal, a survivor of genocide from the Darfur region in Sudan, arrived in Israel during the year of 2008 after four harsh years of migration, violence, hunger and persecution in the search after an...
View ArticleHigh Court of Justice Has Instructed the State to Explain Why the Deposit...
Late in the evening of the 26th of July, the justices’ decision from the first hearing concerning the organizations’ appeal against the deposit fund measure for refugees and asylum seekers was...
View ArticleKav LaOved – Workers Hotline is searching for a Thai speaking fieldworker
Kav LaOved – Workers Hotline is searching for a Thai speaking fieldworker Job requirements: – Commitment to human rights and workers’ rights – Fully fluent in Thai language (speaking, reading &...
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