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Treasury extends unpaid leave benefit period

Employers will be able to put employees on unpaid leave even at the end of April and the employees will still be entitled to aid.

People take cover in a bomb shelter from incoming missiles fired from Iran in Holon, March 17, 2026.
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market bustles as the war in Iran rages, March 5, 2026

Israel registered 37% less unpaid leave applications than in previous Iran war, report reveals

The Housing Market in Israel.

Taub Center 2025 Report: Rising defense debt and low productivity threaten Israel’s 2026 growth

"Worthwhile to Work in Jerusalem" employment fair

Nearly three-quarters of Israelis fear they cannot handle employment crisis - study


Likelihood of job seekers finding employment dropped by 4% in 2019

Audit teams will examine the preparation of the education system ahead of expected technological developments and the changing need for skills.

An employee works at Internet data firm SimilarWeb at their offices in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Israel's low unemployment isn't the only job market indicator - analysis

While falling unemployment – a key measure of labor under-utilization – is certainly welcome news, the rate itself does not paint the full picture of the Israeli job market.

Employees work at Internet data firm SimilarWeb at their offices in Tel Aviv, Israel July 4, 2016

Study: Israeli standard of living rises, escaping poverty still challenging

Employment rates and labor market participation have continued to rise, with unemployment at an historic low - approximately 3.5%.

People play paddle ball, known in Hebrew as "matkot", a popular Israeli sport, at a beach in Ashkelon, Israel May 7, 2019.

The bilateral barriers in the employment of people with disabilities

According to the figures published monthly, the unemployment rates are below 5%.

‘THE IMPORTANCE of employing people with disabilities and diversity in the workplace is understood by employers more and more, they see the reward indirectly and directly.’

Unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in July

This is the first time since November 2017 that the rate increased.

Azrieli Center

Numbers of Haredim in workforce declines again

According to the CBS figures, whereas 51.7% of Haredi men were employed in 2016, 50.3% were employed by the end of 2017.

SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE GROUPS LAUNCH INITIATIVE TO RECRUIT HAREDIM

Palestinian women in east Jerusalem struggling for job integration

Lack of education, employment opportunities leaves 87% of Arab women out of the labor market.

Palestinian entrepreneur Samar Hijjo, who developed the mobile application ''Baby Sitter"

Wage gap between haredi, non-haredi women persists

In 2015, 73% of haredi women were aged 25-60 were in the labor force. Non-haredi Jewish women participated at an 80% rate.

Ultra-Orthodox women work at Matrix Global, a hi-tech company, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit April 3, 2011

Passport, ID cards or customs services close as Histadrut expands strike

The sanctions began three weeks ago in protest of a government plan to privatize the inefficient drivers license testing process. The Histadrut called the initiative one-sided.

A worker sits as a crane unloads containers from a ship at the port of the northern city of Haifa

Government okays work grant plan for single parents, disabled

The proposed changes will apply to grants payable with respect to income from employment or business earned from 2016 onward.

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon