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…

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…