Dganit Lapidor – Singer

Dganit Lapirod is a partner and Joint head of the Labor Law Department at our Tel Aviv office.

Dganit specializes in private and collective labor law and has for many years worked with well-known major companies in Israel, including factories, high-tech companies, human resource companies, restaurants and more.

As part of legal counsel, Dganit provides a solution for all labor law issues – from the employment and contract stage through to termination.

Her extensive knowledge of the intricacies of Israeli labor law and her understanding of the web of relationships and interests that exist in the workplace enable her to provide her clients with a professional service that contributes to the efficient management of the business and its long-term success. She has also set a number of precedents in legislation in this area.

Dganit has extensive expertise in the field of labor relations and employment of women, acquired after years of representing clients on a variety of related issues, one of the most central and dynamic areas in labor law. This area covers prevention of abuse at work and sexual harassment.

Dganit is often invited to lecture to many organizations, provide professional training and also make media appearances on television, radio and print.

She joined our offices in 2021 as part of the merger with the boutique labor law firm Lapidor & Co.

• Represented an employee in a claim for recognition of an employment relationship and payment of financial rights. The labor court ruled in the plaintiff’s favor even though “wages” was paid against an invoice and also awarded the plaintiff compensation for damages she was inflicted from the violation of non-quantifiable economic value rights and as a result of a misleading definition of the parties’ relationship
• Represented a human resources company and an outsourcing company in a claim brought by a pregnant worker who claimed that the companies were co-employers and fired her without a lawful hearing in violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law. The employee’s claim was dismissed.
• Represented a courier company against which 26 plaintiffs filed a claim for the existence of an employment relationship and various rights (wages and fringe benefits) totaling more than ILS 2,500,000. The claim was dismissed.
• Represented an employer in a claim for ILS 500,000 filed against him by an employee who claimed that he did not properly handle her complaint of sexual harassment, did not provide her with a safe work environment and harassed her after filing the sexual harassment complaint. The labor court dismissed the plaintiff’s claim and ruled that the employer had acted lawfully in reviewing the complaint, provided a safe work environment and did not harass the employee.