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 27/02/2010 |
by: Kav LaOved
Migrant domestic workers to suffer further restrictions on mobility between employers
A new government plan will further restrict migrant domestic workers between employers, putting them at higher risk of trafficking and exploitation.
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| 04/02/2010 |
by: Zvi Zrahiya, Haaretz (Jan 27, 2010)
Yachimovitch charges Hadera Paper with paying Indian workers illegally mean employment terms
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).
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| 04/02/2010 |
by: Dana Weiler-Polak (Haaretz, Feb 3, 2010)
Loan sharks prey on cash-strapped foreign workers
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| 26/01/2010 |
by: Ben Hartman, The Jerusalem Post
'Foreign workers' plight to worsen under cabinet-approved plan'
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.
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| 16/01/2010 |
by: Maya Guarnier, The National (December 19, 2009)
Exploited Thais in no man’s land
Over two dozen Thai laborers have spent the last three weeks in the custody of Israeli authorities. But they are not under arrest. Following a complaint on their behalf from Kav LaOved, immigration police freed the laborers from conditions that some critics liken to slavery.
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| 12/12/2009 |
by: Tom Mehager, nrg (Oct 26, 2009)
From exploitation to detention: the story of a migrant worker
N. from Nepal was employed for 16 hours a day with meager wages; he was exploited, humiliated and then thrown in jail. This is the story of migrant workers in Israel, people who are used as tools for quick profit.
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| 06/12/2009 |
by: Ron Friedman, Jpost (Nov 30, 2009)
Court rules against overtime wages for caregivers
High Court denies migrant caregivers overtime payments.
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| 21/11/2009 |
by: Hilo Glazer, Ha'ir
National theatre building project fails to pay refugee workers
Eritreans sub-sub-contracted workers do not receive their wages. The project managers fail to take responsibility.
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| 05/11/2009 |
by: Dana-Weiler Polak, Haaretz (Oct 27, 2009)
Some illegal employers of foreign workers escaping punishment
The state has failed to collect NIS 16 million in fines from hundreds of employers who have been found guilty of hiring foreign workers without a permit or in violation of the terms of their employment.
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| 23/10/2009 |
by: Dana Weiler-Polak, Haaretz (Oct 21, 2009)
As Israeli human trafficking rises, immigration police remains ineffective
The Interior Ministry unit responsible for locating victims of human trafficking has not found a single person being trafficked for forced labor or sexual exploitation, although a 2004 government estimate put the number of victims of human trafficking between 2,000 and 3,000.
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