All guides: page 4 of 9
Page 4 of 9 of the guide index. This page is mainly about employment law and commercial contracts; each guide states the legislation it relies on, with a link to the text of the law at the source.
Vaccinations and work: what the employer may demand, and what it may not do
No law makes employment conditional on vaccination, and an employer may not force it. What was reported on the case of the teaching assistant from Kochav Yair in 2021, when a demand may be…
Read more Employment lawProtection of whistleblowers: legal framework and employee rights
The protection is not automatic: it depends on the conditions of section 4, including a complaint in good faith to the competent authority. What counts as prohibited “retaliation”, and when the protection simply…
Read more Employment lawRetaliation against whistleblowers: how to file a claim
Dismissal, a pay cut or a change of position because of a complaint that meets the conditions of section 4 give rise to a cause of action. How to prove that it is retaliation and not a legitimate reason…
Read more Employment lawEmploying a person with a disability: reasonable accommodations, the ban on discrimination and the employer’s duties
The employer’s duties under the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law (from 6 employees): no discrimination in hiring, terms, promotion or dismissal, and a duty…
Read more Employment lawBullying at work: the employee’s rights and legal protections
Israel has no specific offense of workplace bullying, but the conduct may support civil causes of action: defamation, invasion of privacy, negligence and breach…
Read more Employment lawMediation in employment disputes: how to resolve an employee-employer dispute without a judgment
Mediation in labor disputes: how the Labor Court’s conciliation (pishur) track works, what is confidential in it, how the settlement gets the force of a judgment, and when it is better…
Read more Employment lawSick days because of depression, anxiety or a mental health crisis: your rights at work
A mental health crisis is an illness in every respect: you accrue 1.5 days a month up to 90 days, and pay is graded from the second day. The medical certificate does not include a diagnosis,…
Read more Employment lawShabbat, holidays and religious dress at work: what the employer may and may not require
The weekly rest is at least 36 consecutive hours, and since 2019 any employee may refuse to work on it, with notice within three days. The extra pay for those who do work,…
Read more Employment lawSafety at work: the employer’s duties under the law
The duties step up with the number of employees: a safety committee from 25 employees, a safety officer and a management plan from 50. Training, protective equipment at the expense…
Read more Employment lawUnlawful dismissal: the employee’s rights and legal remedies
Pregnancy and maternity leave, illness, exercising rights and activity in the workers’ committee are grounds on which dismissal is prohibited altogether. And even when it is allowed, a real hearing must be held and not…
Read more Employment lawRemedies for unlawful dismissal
Severance pay, compensation for breach of a prohibition even without proof of damage, loss of income, emotional distress and sometimes an order to return to work. What affects the amount…
Read more Employment lawEmploying young people: minimum age, working hours, pay — and what is prohibited
The minimum age is 15, and in vacations 14 for light work; up to 8 hours a day and 40 a week. The night-work limits by age, a medical certificate, and pay…
Read more Employment lawGolden parachute: an executive’s exit terms under Israeli law
A golden parachute for a senior executive: what the Severance Pay Law and the Advance Notice Law provide, what the agreement can add, and which approvals the Companies Law requires…
Read more Employment lawTemperature at the workplace: what the law requires
Heat and cold at work: a reasonable temperature and 16 degrees for seated work, ventilation, drinking water, protective equipment for work in the sun and the cold, and protection for…
Read more Commercial contractsExtreme weather: the effect on contracts
A force majeure clause in a contract is examined before a frustration argument, and when there is no clause, the court examines whether the event was unforeseeable. How to draft it, and when insurance…
Read more Other proceedings and topicsCarbon credit offsets: what Israeli companies must know before signing
Israel has no dedicated legislation on trading in credits: contract law applies, and the authority is the Ministry of Environmental Protection. What a public company reports, and when…
Read more Other proceedings and topicsCharity scams: how to spot them and protect yourself
A nonprofit (amuta) must file with the Registrar an annual financial report that is open to public inspection, and one that does not file is a red flag. Seven warning signs before you donate,…
Read more Other proceedings and topicsGovernance of nonprofits (amutot): duties of proper management
A certificate of proper management is a condition for government funding, and a board member bears personal liability. What is reported and by when, when you must leave the room in a conflict…
Read more Commercial contractsCommercial tenant’s rights: what the contract sets, what the law adds, and how to defend yourself
The Tenant’s Protection Law almost never applies, and the Rental and Loan Law fills in only what the lease did not set. The landlord’s duty to repair, rent reduction, subletting…
Read more Commercial contractsOpening a limited company in Israel: steps, fee and directors
The registration fee in 2026 is NIS 2,559 for online filing. The four steps from checking the name to filing, the difference from a partnership and an exempt dealer, and what awaits you…
Read more Commercial contractsConsignment agreement: who owns the goods, who is responsible for them, and what happens in a collapse
The goods remain the consignor’s until they are sold to the end customer, so they are not part of the consignee’s assets if it collapses, provided that the agreement proves this. The liability…
Read more Commercial contractsWhat a consortium is: structure, mutual liability and joint tender bids
What a consortium is, when it is considered a partnership, how the members are liable to the client, what the agreement must contain, and what to check before a joint bid…
Read more Commercial contractsBreach of contract in Israel: compensation, enforcement or rescission
All three remedies are open to the injured party, but compensation is limited to the damage that was foreseeable when the contract was made. The difference between a fundamental breach and an ordinary breach, and why a letter of demand…
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