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Foreign labor, Hebrew exploitation

Royal Life

Strangers in their own land

Seeds of Peace

Palestinian workers in Nitsaney Shalom industrial area

Bitter dates

Dangerous working conditions and underpayment for Palestinian workers in Israeli settlements date farming

Kav LaOved anti trafficking award video

Civic enforcement is a form of law enforcement which does not go through the court or official enforcement bodies. It includes shaming employers and job brokers who violate worker rights, and exposing employers who have been fined or charged for labour law violations. Its aim is to empower workers and encourage consumer action so as to prevent further rights violations.

Kav LaOved (Worker's Hotline) is a nonprofit non governmental organization committed to protecting the rights of disadvantaged workers employed in Israel and by Israelis in the Occupied Territories, including Palestinians, migrant workers, subcontracted workers and new immigrants. Kav LaOved is committed to principles of democracy, equality and international law concerning human and social rights.

Kav-Laoved in Tel-Aviv is relocating to
75, Nachalat Binyamin St., 4th floor
Our office will reopen on 21.2.2010

Yachimovitch charges Hadera Paper with paying Indian workers illegally mean employment terms
by: Zvi Zrahiya, Haaretz (Jan 27, 2010) (04/02/2010) Hadera Paper is employing a large contingent of Indian workers in violation of Israeli labor laws, according to a parliamentary query submitted to Interior Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) by MK Shelly Yachimovich (Labor).


Loan sharks prey on cash-strapped foreign workers
by: Dana Weiler-Polak (Haaretz, Feb 3, 2010) (04/02/2010)


Barak approves social security payments to Gaza residents
by: Akiva Eldar, Haaretz (Jan 25, 2010) (04/02/2010) Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized the annual transfer of NIS 25 million to Gaza Strip residents entitled to social security and pension payments from Israel.


State siphoned off Palestinian workers’ insurance money’
by: Ben Hartman, Jerusalem Post (29/01/2010) The government of Israel has siphoned over a billion shekels in money taken from Palestinian laborers for national insurance between 1970-1994, a report released on Wednesday states. According to the report, compiled by the workers’ rights organization Kav LaOved, between the years 1970-1994 over NIS 1 billion was withheld from Palestinian workers’ salaries in order to pay their national insurance, but in practice, the report states, the money was instead funneled to the Finance Ministry and used to pay National Labor Union fees, even while the workers were not given membership in the union.


'Foreign workers' plight to worsen under cabinet-approved plan'
by: Ben Hartman, The Jerusalem Post (26/01/2010) Workers' rights organizations say a new plan to reduce the number of illegal migrant workers in Israel will not solve Israel's migrant worker problem, and could make the humanitarian situation faced by such workers worse.


Again: The Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and Human Resources agencies
by: Iris Bar, Kav LaOved (21/01/2010) Technion covers up for the labor rights violations committed by its human resources agencies.


Ethiopian workers: exploitation or discrimination?
by: Iris Bar, Kav LaOved (21/01/2010) How come Ethiopian Jews form such a large percentage of the Haifa branch clients?


Migrant caregivers, join our union!
by: Caregivers' Union Act (18/01/2010) It’s time to say: we refuse to be exploited anymore! We are going to do something about it – today!