Right-Wing Coalition Indifferent to Construction Accidents

Hadash MK Dov Khenin (Joint List) criticized the right-wing and neo-liberal governmental coalition during a meeting of the Knesset’s Labor and Welfare Committee devoted to construction accidents. According to MK Khenin, “The picture is terrible. There are more accidents, more fatal accidents, more injuries, and more irresponsibility. There is less information and less supervision. Some…

Palestinian workers from the occupied West Bank outside the Nil'in checkpoint, October 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Report: Failures in treatment of claims presented by migrant, asylum seeker and Palestinian workers to the National Insurance Institute

Kav LaOved (NGO) published a new report in English titled “National Insurance Institute (NII) and Non-Israeli Workers: Failures in treatment of claims presented by migrants, asylum seekers and Palestinian workers.” This report deals with the structure, management, and enforcement of the rights that the NII is legally required to provide to these three categories of…

The head of the Knesset's Labor, Health and Welfare Committee, MK Aida Touma-Sliman, during the meeting held on Tuesday, March 31

Without Crucial Safety Inspectors, Construction Sites Go Unmonitored

With 70 percent of Labor and Social Services Ministry’s building safety inspectors sent home to isolation, tens of thousands of construction workers, mostly Palestinians from the occupied territories, continue to work at construction sites with no reduction in workload and without a supervisory body ensuring compliance with Health Ministry regulations. Even under normal conditions, Israel…

The Occupational Health Crisis in Israel, New Report

According a new report published by Kav LaOved, the number of workers affected by occupational diseases in Israel is underestimated. The report estimates that there are tens of thousands of workers each year who contract occupational diseases and about 1,700 of them dies every year as a result of an occupational disease. However, this number…