Kav LaOved in the media
Kav laOved calls out to decision-makers: Refine the legal obligations of local municipalities to act in accordance with the law
Kav LaOved 2018 Report: The Highest Number of Palestinian and Migrant Workers this Decade – Most of them Pay to Work in Israel
September Newsletter: Hidden Ways to Exploit Workers
KLO’s June Achievements: a First Report About Work Accidents in All Sectors of The Workforce, The State Reveals Information on Asylum Seekers Deposit
This month at Kav LaOved: Hundreds of millions of Shekels are stolen from asylum seekers, fatalities in the construction sector reach record high
New Report: Hundreds of Millions of Shekels Gone Missing Under the Deposit Law
The Lives of the Workers that Cannot Vote Are Worthless
Foreign Students Are Exploited for Agricultural Work – Without Fair Wages or Social Rights
A worker was killed in a factory – and the Safety Administration won’t take any action
So what’s new at Kav LaOved – Workers’ Hotline this Month?
Five migrant workers were recognized as victims of human trafficking and modern-day slavery
The relationship ban appeal judge recused himself following pressure
Five years in cramped squalor, misery and neglect
The Indian Experts fraud
If Minister Kahlon doesn’t uphold the agreement signed with the Thai government to ensure the workers’ pension rights – we will appeal to the supreme court
Did you know: Migrant Caregivers in Israel are Not Allowed To Form Romantic Relationships? The Government Says its “Against Regulations”
The Bilateral Agreements Petition: Did We Convince The Goverment?
Trapped in a Limbo
Minimum Wage Forever
Let’s Talk About Regulation 116A
When racism meets exploitation – agricultural “trainees” from South Sudan felt the taste of Israeli xenophobia
Summary: Week 34 of Work Accidents in the Construction Field for the Year of 2018
Katz’s Failure to Wage War on Construction Accidents
This Thai worker sustained the most severe injuries in the Gaza envelope – and Israeli society turned its back on her
Thai agricultural workers in the Gaza envelope are torn between their desire to make a living and their desire to live
Summary: Week 30 of Work Accidents in the Construction Field for the Year of 2018
The story of the Indian expert migrant workers in Intel Kiryat Gat
State of Israel considers using $100M collected from Palestinians for checkpoint upgrades
After a decade of evading responsibility, the Knesset Committee on Labor & Welfare takes step in ensuring the rights of migrant agricultural workers
This is how the Deposit Law abuses asylum seekers: over 58% of asylum seekers now earn less than minimum wage
Summary: Week 27 of Work Accidents in the Construction Field for the Year of 2018
July Newsletter – What happens when workers are bound? Semi-annual construction work accident report, and some good news
A 20% increase in the number of workers killed in the construction sector, as opposed to this time last year.
“Israel-bluff” – The State Fails to Implement Its Own Law and Workers Pay the Price
Exposé: Turkish construction workers in Israel facing horrific conditions
Summary: Week 24 of Work Accidents in the Construction Field for the Year of 2018
Thanks to Kav LaOved’s legal intervention, both Leena and Binsi are allowed to return to their country to give birth without risking their job placement
“Under the Guise of Law, Money is Being Stolen”: the State Again Fails to Deal with Asylum Seekers – Ynet Article
Class Action Lawsuit Against Danel Approved: Failed to Give Migrant Caregivers Their Vacations
Deposit Law Fraud: Employers Deduct Money From Asylum Seekers’ Wages, Yet Pocket It for Themselves – TheMarker Article
High Court of Justice Has Instructed the State to Explain Why the Deposit Fund Measure for Asylum Seekers is Not Being Cancelled – Haaretz Article
The Change in the Permit Giving Model for Palestinians is Delayed, and the Ministry of Finance Has Announced a Change in the Payments Bureau – Haaretz Article
How Israel Regulates Migrant Caregivers’ Love Lives – Haaretz Article
The Deposit Fund for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and its destructive consequences
Israel’s New Tactic for Forcing Out African Refugees: Dock Their Wages – +972 Magazine Article
Give Caregivers Their Money – Haaretz Article
The Real Guide to Employing A Migrant Caregiver – Mako Article
Rights Groups Ask Court to Scrap Deductions From Asylum Seekers’ Salaries – Haaretz Article
Rights Groups Ask Court to Scrap Deductions From Asylum Seekers’ Salaries – Haaretz Article
Run Out of Town for Teaching Farm Workers Their Rights – +972 Magazine Article
Approved for First Reading: Abusive Employers Can’t Employ Migrant Workers – Davar Rishon Article
Disability and Long-Term Care Benefits Must be Increased – Globes Article
Warning Strike of 1,200 Crane Operators – Globes Article
Vote on Increasing the Sums of Money Farmers Can Collect from Migrant Workers Postponed – Haaretz Article
Crane Operator Seriously Injured During Crane Crash in Bat Yam Construction Site – Haaretz article
MK Elalouf: “We Will Bring Migrant Workers to Nursing Homes” – TheMarker Article
Israel Must Provide Asylum Seekers With a Solution – Haaretz Article
Sites of Israeli Building Accidents Aren’t Getting Temporarily Shut Down – Haaretz Article
Cross-party consensus prevented a vote on a proposal to increase taxation of Palestinian workers – Haaretz article
“I Need the Money, I Worked for It, It’s Mine” -Local Call Article
Migrant Caregivers in Israel to be Legally Charged Placement Fees – Haaretz Article
A New Bill That Will Serve the Interests of Manpower Agencies
After Months-long Delay, Israel Pays Some Palestinian Workers for Sick Leave – Haaretz Article
Employee-Employer Relations, Instead of Caregiver-Patient Relations – The Hottest Place in Hell Article
Thai Migrant Worker Sues Employer for Utilizing Power Relations and Sexual Exploitation – TheMarker Article
Kav LaOved Speaks in Labor and Welfare Commitee On “Agricultural Day”
Due to Holdover of Pay, Migrant Construction Workers Climbed on Crane and Threatened Suicide – Walla! Article
The Farmer Double Standard – TheMarker Article
The Government Invests Billions In Infrastructure Without Supervision – TheMarker Article
Kav LaOved files a class action for 100,000,000 NIS, alleging widespread fraud of foreign students and the Israeli authorities
A motion for the approval of a class action lawsuit was...
Farewell Event for Hanna Zohar – Founder of Kav LaOved
After 25 years of a rich and fruitful career, Hanna will...
Are Asylum Seekers Allowed to Work in Israel?
In August, in light of the Supreme Court decision, hundreds of...
The Caregiver’s Choice
In Israel, the caregiving sector comprises some 60,000 migrant caregivers who...
New Kav LaOved Report: Below the Minimum
To Work at All Costs
The report points out that the reduction in child allowances and...
The Coalition Agreement Will Cause Severe Violations of Migrant Workers’ Rights
Allegations Made by Human Rights Organizations are Confirmed by the State Comptroller
Refugee Day 2015
We met Tesafay (ficticious name) at the Holot detention facility where...
Official Launch of the #OurHands Social Media Campaign
Kav LaOved held a "Know Your Rights" workers rights workshop and...
A Raw Deal: Abuse of Thai Workers in Israel’s Agricultural Sector
Human Rights Watch has released a 48-page report on abuses suffered...
The Dark Bleach is the Most Painful
Complaints reported to Kav LaOved point to incidents of work injuries...
It is Illegal to Dismiss Arab Workers Due to their Origin
Kav LaOved calls on law enforcement agencies to investigate employers who...
TAU 150 cleaning workers united
Not celebrating: hourly employees are afraid of their pay during the holidays
Continuing to Guard the Security Guards
Publication of a new and updated pamphlet on the rights...
The Problem with the Work Grant
Kav LaOved founder explains why a third of the eligible employees...
State Comptroller’s Report: Reconsidering the Payroll Department
State Comptroller's report reveals the Civil Administration's ongoing theft from the...
MK: Infiltrators were offered work in agriculture, but after a week they ran away
Employment by the Hour: exploitation has become a way of life
Workers Hotline conclude the summer activities following operation
Israel’s Dirty Secret: Inhumane Conditions for Thai Workers
Let the foreign workers pay for Tzuk Aitan
Israel seeks to fine African asylum seekers’ employers
State initiative taxation on the employment of asylum seekers reaching up to 30% of their salaries
Kav LaOved helped hundreds of workers during deadly Operation Protective Edge
Fired for Speaking Arabic
A few weeks after the ban: Nahariya hospital administrator allows employees to speak Arabic
System of employment in the school system boosted the number of unemployed in the summer
Increasing number of Israeli teachers laid off over summer months
Foreign workers are the new Kibbutzniks
Foreign Workers Now Teach Jews How To Farm — on the Kibbutz
The right decision, and thank the fence
The High Court held: Holot facility is closed, you can not imprison year infiltrators
The High Court ruled: Do not imprison asylum seekers a year – without trial
Asylum seekers: welcome the decision of the High Court, afraid of what lies ahead
The High Court ruled: The infiltrators could hold facility “Holot” closed
We are left without tools against infiltrators
In dramatic ruling, High Court rejects Israel’s policies on illegal migrants
Employ a housecleaner? You have to pay holiday pay
Minus wages and rights, cleaners have excellent conditions
Israel cuts Thai interpreters from Health Ministry translation services
Israel is once again becoming a slave trader
They were promised a school of agriculture in Israel, but in practice it was a scam
Kav LaOved during Operation Protective Edge
During the summer of 2014 Kav LaOved helped hundreds of workers...
How Much will the kibbutzim deduct from foreign workers in agriculture wages?
How Much will the kibbutzim deduct from foreign workers in agriculture wages?
Detour
Students participating in international agriculture study programs are working as migrants...
Opinion: Bennett, Protect Vulnerable Workers
The Minister of the Economy and the head of the cost...
Without Unions Workers Continue to be Poor
In an article published in The Marker, Martin Villar, Coordinator of...
Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 5
In a series of posts that appeared in the blog-based web...
A bitter Shavuot harvest
As the festival of Shavuot approaches, it is important to remember...
Worker Exploitation: How the State Supports Businesses
In honor of May Day we lift our heads to confront...
Who takes care of the foreign workers?
The denial of medical services to foreign workers, who are morally...
Israel’s Health Ministry to probe into deaths of Thai farmers
Ministry's regulations for the safe handling of pesticides are not properly...
‘Mysterious syndrome’ claims lives of dozens of Thai farm workers
Forty-three farm laborers from Thailand died from what is termed 'sudden...
Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 4
In a series of posts that appeared in the blog-based web...
Still dirty, dangerous and demeaning
As conditions for domestic workers in many Western countries are slowly...
Women’s rights in the field
The personal and professional needs of migrant women working in agricultural...
A Caregiver’s XFACTOR
Migrant caregiver Rose Fostanes won the XFACTOR competition in Israel. But...
Sponsored by the Knesset: Exploitation of Migrant Caregivers
In an article published on YNET, Kav LaOved labor law attorney...
No one is Counting the Workers
After two years of inactivity by government authorities the number of...
Construction workers in danger? Revoke the contractor’s license.
The number people injured and fatally wounded in work related accidents...
Home Field: Visiting agricultural workers in Israel, part 3
In a series of posts that appeared in the blog-based web...
Protecting All Workers’ Rights
Jerusalem Post Op-Ed contributor demonstrates how the government of Israel must...
Refugees Pay Income Tax, Do Not Earn Credits
Kav LaOved explains why the state earns twice at the expense...
Asylum Seekers are Forced to Forgo the Right to Strike
While many employers of asylum seekers came out in defense of...
Limbo in the Levant
A NY Times opinion page article by a refugee from Eritrea...
Regulating Refugee Employment is the Only Option
For many years permits issued to asylum seekers have protected them...
Mako Channel 2 – Caregivers’ World from Outside Israel
9.12.2013. Mako Channel 2. Noa Oron. “Here is How a Caretaker's...
Mako Channel 2 – Rights Disturbances at Cafes
30.10.2013. Mako Channel 2. Oz Rozenberg. “Rights Disturbances at Cafes.” http://www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Economy-Newcast/Article-fffd98b3b8a0241004.htm
Haaretz Opinion – Chasing, Not Enforcing
28.10.2013. Haaretz. Rony Margalit. “Chasing, Not Enforcing." http://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/.premium-1.2151143
Calcalist – The Thai Finishes His Work, The Thai Can Sue
25.10.2013. Calcalist. Zohar Shachar Levi & Keren Tzuriel Harari. “The Thai...
Calcalist – The Palestinians are Progressing But There is a Limit
23.10.2013. Calcalist. Gil Klian.”The Palestinians are progressing but there is a...
Mako Channel 2 – Hundreds of Migrant Workers From Thailand Sue Their Employers
29.10.2013. Mako Channel 2. Oz Rozenberg. “Hundreds of Migrant Workers from...
Foreign Workers Take Exploitive Employers to Court
Home Field: Visiting Agricultural Workers in Israel, Part 1
Labor Court: Palestinian Employed in Settlements Are Eligible for Wages According to Israeli Law
The Marker – Labor Court: Palestinian Employed in Settlements Are Eligible for Wages According to Israeli Law
Calcalist – How They Remove More Than 40% From Construction
972 Magazine- Improper Residence: The Squalid Conditions of Israel’s migrant workers
Mako – Exploitation of Workers- Also in Hi-Tech
The Marker – One Worker in the Center? Not Using Hollow Statements
Haaretz – Sweatshops 10 Minutes from Jerusalem
The Marker – Who Protects the Workers? 10 Shekels an Hour without Payslip and without Rights
Galatz – Pink Collar: Women and Work, on the Occasion of Workers’ Day
Ynet – We All Pay for the Exploitation of Workers
Exploitation of Workers Under the Law
The Abuse of Africans- a Disgrace to Israel
Israel Social TV – Mediation Fees Prohibited
Ynet – Earns before Needs
Galey Tzahal – Employment in Israel is costly: Brokerage fees for caregivers
Mako – What kind of Independence?
The Marker – Economy – Without Workers and Industry
HaOketz – Migrants, Workers, Exploited
Ynet – Racism- Search for it in the Workplace
The Marker – The High Court of Justice: Caregivers are not eligible for overtime payment
Haaretz – Conservative Activism at the Expense of Caregiving Workers
The High Court of Justice: The Law on Rest and Work didn’t start over foreign caregivers
Haaretz – The UN joins the petition to the High Court of Justice against the Prevention of the Infiltration Law
Nana – The Day That Was
Israël : des bus « réservés » aux Palestiniens
New York Times – Israelis Divided Over Seperate Bus Lines for Arabs and Jews in Occupied West Bank
Mako – Seperation Plan on Buses Continues
Ynet – The Women that Changed our Lives
Ynet – Bulgarian Workers: Israel Deceived Us
Aljazeera – Zionism Neoliberal Style
Ynet – Mom, only on Skype
The Marker – Get Ready for More Crashes of Contracting Companies
