Labor and Social Affairs Ministry
Israel launches NIS 25 million initiative to close high-tech gender gap
This initiative is a response to persistent gender gaps in the high-tech industry, both in representation across technical and managerial positions and in salary levels.
Hundreds of families join foster care system as government expands support
Public complaints in Israel soar as state failures compound
Israeli truckers fear foreign workers may overtake industry if bureaucracy goes unchecked
18% of workforce absent due to Gaza conflict; Knesset approves business compensation outline
An additional 46,000 workers have been fired or put on unpaid leave as a result of the ongoing war.
In first, Israeli children with limb disabilities will receive allowance
The new budget approval will help provide parents of children with disabilities with help with their daily expenses.
Israel's national roadmap plan for Welfare Ministry presented by Menomadin Foundation
The program, which was devised by senior scholars in the field, is the first of its kind to formulate a comprehensive plan of reform for Israel’s welfare services.
Thai farmworkers among the most vulnerable in Israel to Hamas rocket fire
The casualties suffered in migrant worker communities are in no small part due to government inaction on protecting foreign laborers.
Labor Ministry: Decline in work-related deaths - report
"Almost 70% of [building] sites do not report to us, they are not at all on our radar."
Ministry too busy with 'real problems' to investigate rape of the disabled
While parents of children with special needs were horrified by the report of the abuse and the response of the ministry, the truth is that few were surprised.
Vulnerable employees unprotected as labor enforcement dept. overtaxed
Some 15,000 requests to put pregnant women on unpaid leave have been submitted since the beginning of the pandemic; the annual average is only 1,000. "I can only handle a small number of complaints."
Emergency sensors offered for thousands of elderly people who live alone
'We were all appalled by the sad cases of elderly people who passed away in their homes and nobody knew about it. We are doing everything we can to prevent such situations'
Social Affairs Ministry to issue 30,000 vouchers for Passover food
The total amount spent by the ministry will come to NIS 9 million.
Israeli gay couple asked by ministry: 'Which of you is the mother?'
This is not the first time the couple has encountered such issues, but on prior occasions there was no insistence on the matter.
