Workers rights

Record of leading Israeli companies in LGBT equality

Alongside pride and institutionalized chapters, the data on the ground is concerning: 35% fear harm to promotion, and a quarter of employers refuse to employ transgender people.

Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 2026
 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses PA officials in Ramallah.

Palestinian Authority promises public workers 50% wage, commits to repayment following strike

A new collective agreement to update the convalescence pay rate for workers in the private sector

Hundreds of shekels a year: The increase that will affect the pocket of every worker in Israel

Protesters supporting Palestinians in Gaza gather at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) during the Israel-Hamas War, May 1, 2024; illustrative.

US DOJ sues California University alleging 'antisemitic hostile work environment' at UCLA campus


Israel's indecisiveness on Palestinian workers shows shifting dynamics - analysis

What has remained unchanged? First, a tendency to put off tough decisions; an inclination to kick the can down the road.

 Palestinian workers in Israel

NGO convinces government to pay workers unemployed due to war

As Israel faces an ongoing war, the country's leading NGO, 121, has taken a proactive approach to mitigate the conflict’s impact on workers who have been facing major setbacks.

OUTSIDE THE Jerusalem Employment Office

100 years after factory fire, Jewish and Italian victims get a memorial

The fire was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in New York City history.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, March 25, 1911.

Bohemian Grove, retreat for America's rich and powerful, underpaid staff and overworked them

Since 1878 the country’s most powerful men, including Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan have attended the retreat.

 Owl Shrine, Bohemian Grove

Burger King worker's viral video inspires $408K retirement fund

Kevin Ford worked 27 years without missing a day.

 A Burger King location in the US.

Hamas begins paying late salaries in Gaza - ministry

The payroll costs Hamas 125 million shekels ($34.5 million) per month.

 Members of Qassam Brigades choir attend a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the Hamas movement's founding, in Gaza City December 14, 2022.

SAG strike puts its brash Jewish president, Fran Drescher, squarely in the spotlight

Drescher is hoping that the same chutzpah will translate into a better deal for actors who say they are not being fairly paid for work that streams online.

Actress Fran Drescher arrives as a guest at the premiere of "Star Trek Into Darkness" in Hollywood

Court strikes rule retaining welfare funds for overstayed foreign workers

The High Court of Justice decided that withholding social deductions from foreign workers was a violation of their rights, and face the Knesset six months to develop alternative regulation.

African migrants take part in a protest against Israel's detention policy toward them

Experts say Qatar can lead Gulf on protections for workers against heat stress

Qatar bans work from more than twice the hours banned in Saudi Arabia, where the majority of the region's construction projects are underway.

 Migrant labourers work at a construction site at the Aspire Zone in Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2016

BDS is hurting Palestinians as well as Diaspora Jews - opinion

Thousands of Palestinians taking part in the workforce of mainland Israel are unduly punished by some of the consequences of BDS

 PALESTINIAN WORKERS wait at the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, hoping to enter Israel to work. Gaza residents prefer working for employers in Israel rather than for businesses in the territories.