Migrant Workers

A Land Devouring its Workers: Neglect and Violations of Migrant Agricultural Workers’ Right to Health in Israel

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

The Lives of the Workers that Cannot Vote Are Worthless

The Women Left Unprotected by the Law – Female Migrant Workers in Israel

Wanted: Caregivers without Wants, Needs, Children or Family

Employer Retracts Work Visa Application, Fails to Inform the Worker, the Worker Is Thrown in Jail and Faces Deportation

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

The Price They Pay, For The Price We pay – A Report

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?

Minimum Wage Forever

Let’s Talk About Regulation 116A

Useful Information for Hourly Workers, Who Enter September with Mixed Feelings

A Step Towards Eliminating Illegal Brokerage Fees in the Caregiving Sector

When racism meets exploitation – agricultural “trainees” from South Sudan felt the taste of Israeli xenophobia

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

August Newsletter – Who is making bank off the backs of migrant and Palestinian workers?

The story of the Indian expert migrant workers in Intel Kiryat Gat

Brokerage fees for locating an employer may not be taken from migrant workers that are already in Israel.

After a decade of evading responsibility, the Knesset Committee on Labor & Welfare takes step in ensuring the rights of migrant agricultural workers

Do not hold the passports of migrant workers you employ

July Newsletter – What happens when workers are bound? Semi-annual construction work accident report, and some good news

Exposé: Turkish construction workers in Israel facing horrific conditions

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

Class Action Lawsuit Against Danel Approved: Failed to Give Migrant Caregivers Their Vacations

How Israel Regulates Migrant Caregivers’ Love Lives – Haaretz Article

Dramatic Rise in Brokerage Fees Paid by Caregivers in Israel

Give Caregivers Their Money – Haaretz Article

The Real Guide to Employing A Migrant Caregiver – Mako 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

Vote on Increasing the Sums of Money Farmers Can Collect from Migrant Workers Postponed – Haaretz Article

MK Elalouf: “We Will Bring Migrant Workers to Nursing Homes” – TheMarker Article

“I Need the Money, I Worked for It, It’s Mine” -Local Call Article

Due to Exploitation of Migrant Workers, PIBA Will Foreclose 450 Thousand NIS from Employer

Migrant Caregivers in Israel to be Legally Charged Placement Fees – Haaretz Article

A New Bill That Will Serve the Interests of Manpower Agencies

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

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...

Kav LaOved Conducts a Field Visit to a Moshav

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

Official Launch of the #OurHands Social Media Campaign

Kav LaOved held a "Know Your Rights" workers rights workshop and...

New Report on Asylum Seeking Working Women in Israel

In light of international women's day, KLO is issuing a report...

The Feminization of Migration

In the last 50 years, women’s international migration has expanded in...

Cancelation of Credit Points on Income Tax for Non-Israelis

We received many inquiries from working Asylum Seekers that a big...

Synchronization of the Systems only Works against Female Workers

\ Hanna Zohar, founder of "Worker's Hotline," talks about the difficulties facing...

A Raw Deal: Abuse of Thai Workers in Israel’s Agricultural Sector

Human Rights Watch has released a 48-page report on abuses suffered...

It is Illegal to Dismiss Arab Workers Due to their Origin

Kav LaOved calls on law enforcement agencies to investigate employers who...

New tax regulations discriminate against migrant workers

Recently a new legislative reform was issued regarding the income taxation...

MK: Infiltrators were offered work in agriculture, but after a week they ran away

Israel’s Dirty Secret: Inhumane Conditions for Thai Workers

Let the foreign workers pay for Tzuk Aitan

Foreign workers are the new Kibbutzniks

Foreign Workers Now Teach Jews How To Farm — on the Kibbutz

Israel cuts Thai interpreters from Health Ministry translation services

Israel is once again becoming a slave trader

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?

Detour

Students participating in international agriculture study programs are working as migrants...

Report: Below the Minimum

A new report published by Kav LaOved warns of the danger...

HCJ Ruling: Health Care Rights for Long-term Caregivers

On June 23, 2014, the High Court of Justice decided favorably...

Impact of Bilateral Agreements on Recruitment

The JDC, Ruppin Academic Center, and the Center for International Migration...

The Writing Was on the Wall

Narakorn Kittiyangkul, a worker from Thailand who worked in agriculture in...

Only the Flowers are Protected

Deplorable living quarters, health issues due to unsafe use of pesticides,...

Opinion: Bennett, Protect Vulnerable Workers

The Minister of the Economy and the head of the cost...

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...

Opinion: Asylum seekers are entitled to severance pay

Workers who were summoned to the Holot Detention Center and subsequently...

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...

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...

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...

Caregivers Call for Ratification of Convention 189

On Saturday, January 4th, migrant caregivers will head to the streets,...

Revisiting CEDAW After Two Years

Kav LaOved revisits CEDAW's recommendations from 2011 on how to ensure...

Reports on Agricultural Workers and Gender-Specific Violations

Two new Kav LaOved reports on the situation of migrant agricultural...

Worker Strikes For Rights And Is Deported To Thailand

Workers in Agriculture at Moshav Sade Nitzan strike for working conditions....

Appeal Hearing for Social Rights for “Veteran” Caregivers

The High Court of Justice is hearing Kav LaOved's 8 year-long...

Thai Worker Deported as Punishment for Striking

A strike at a moshav near the Gaza Strip exposed the...

Kav LaOved’s Shadow Report on the Situation of Female Migrant Workers in Israel

Female migrant workers in Israel suffer from severe basic rights' violation...

Praiwan Seesukha, a Thai migrant worker in his late 20s, died in Kfar Vitkin in Israel

On May 22, 2013, Praiwan Seesukha, a Thai migrant worker in...

Agricultural Workers Forced to Live in Squalid Conditions

Just as migrant workers are made invisible to Israeli labor law,...

972 Magazine- Improper Residence: The Squalid Conditions of Israel’s migrant workers

Ynet – We All Pay for the Exploitation of Workers

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?

Black Money, Black Labor: Illegal Brokerage Fees

On April 10th, Kav LaOved hosted a conference on illegal brokerage...

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