For a 35-Hour Work-Week in Israel

Since 2014, Israel has been ranked sixth among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the grouping of the world’s developed capitalist countries, in the average number of hours worked per year. The average Israel worked 1,853 hours that year, compared to an OECD average of 1,770. In Western Europe the averages…

34 Construction Workers Died in Workplace Accidents Last Year: Hadash Activists to Demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Economy

34 construction workers died in workplace accidents last year; this according to the official answer to the parliamentary query submitted by MK Dov Khenin (Hadash – Joint List) following the alarming rise in work-related accidents in the field of construction. The reply, given to MK Khenin by Yariv Levin, the minister serving as a governmental…