If you are a company executive or officer and your job entails employing workers this post is for you,
It is your responsibility to be updated, to know and be familiar with the latest laws, regulations and court verdicts in this field.
You must control, oversee and issue directives in order to notify the company where you are employed that they are acting legally or not.
New regulations will be coming into effect on June 19th 2012 which call for closer control and inspection by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Employment for violations of mandatory labor laws in Israel.
Violators will be prosecuted, including company officers or executives, personally ! This is a criminal offense and can be punished with administrative fines of up to 35,000 shekels for each offense or even jail time.
It is your duty to do everything in your power to make sure that the law is adhered to. Do not play around with employee’s rights, it is not worth the risk of the good name of your company.
The Ministry has allocated a special tab on the menu of their website where they will publish the names of all employers who have violated the law !
Potential employees who are searching for a job can check this site to see if the employer is listed – they might get an indication whether they want to work for such an employer or not.
