Labor Law

The department provides regular advice and support to the firm’s clients, on all matters related to employment relations and assists clients in contending with financial and practical barriers and with ever developing regulation.

The department deals with many aspects of the field of labor law and has been involved over the years in some of the most complex collective disputes in the country. Among the other areas of activity of the department, we can include:

• Drafting collective bargaining agreements, including changes and negotiations leading up to execution.
• Conducting and acting on intricate collective labor disputes, strikes and lockouts.
• Representing clients at all judicial instances including the High Court of Justice, the National Labor Court, and regional labor courts.
• Drafting personal employment agreements and changes to employment agreements, including for senior employees at private and public companies.
• Advising on termination including of senior employees with complex compensation and option packages.
• Advising employers in reorganization and downsizing processes.
• Conducting labor law enforcement audits for identifying potential exposure and providing protection to officers.
• Advising on aspects related to employees and labor law in acquisition, investment and merger transactions.
• Representing employers and officers in criminal proceedings initiated against them by the Ministry of Labor.
• Conducting inquiries as external commissioner with respect to allegations of harassment at the workplace.
• Providing legal advice and representation to senior employees regarding employment terms, termination and misclassification of the engagement (as consultants).
• Drafting policy documents on various subjects including use of computers, paid vacation and sick leave, etc.
• Drafting consulting agreements and outsourcing service agreements.
• Providing legal advice and representation to employers in connection with periodic inspection of contractors providing security, cleaning and food services, according to the Law for Increasing Enforcement of Labor Laws.
• Provision of ongoing legal counsel in the field of labor law, including providing complex opinions in the fields of collective and individual labor law.
• Legal representation in injunctions and financial claims in the fields of labor law, including: severance pay, vacation, recovery, contributions to funds and more.
• Representation of employers in lawsuits and disputes, including lawsuits based on discrimination due to childbirth, discrimination due to age and discrimination due to disability.
• Appointments as external commissioner for preventing sexual harassment and assisting sexual harassment commissioners in conducting inquiries.
• Filing applications for retroactive application of Section 14 of the Severance Pay Law and the general approval issued thereunder.
• Filing applications for obtaining approval for termination or deterioration of employment terms according to the Employment of Women Law.
• Submission of applications for a layoff permit in accordance with the Women’s Labor Law.
• Submission of applications to obtain a permit for overtime employment and weekly time off.
• Preventive legal counsel and inspection and assistance to employers in complying with labor law requirements.
• Delivery of lectures in the field of labor law.

Our firm’s clients include various employers, both public and private, including companies in the pharmaceuticals industry, startup companies at all stages of development, tech and insurance companies, such as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Orbotech, Edmond de Rothschild Foundation and the Caesarea Development Company, Medinol, NeuroDerm (Mitsubishi) and more.0