Unemployment

Working from home? You are at high risk of layoffs

While everyone is afraid that AI will take their jobs, new data from Gallup points precisely to another group that stands out among those laid off: Employees who worked fully remotely.

A woman working from home
The number of unemployed individuals has doubled since 2022, reaching 16,000 last December

Tech workers laid off and collapsing under the mortgage burden

Another website development company is laying off employees

After Wix: Elementor fires about 30% of its employees

Oracle

Shockwave in tech: The giant company parted ways with 21,000 employees within a year


Amazon acknowledges issue of drivers urinating in bottles in apology

The company said the issue was industry-wide and it would look for solutions, without specifying what these might be.

An Amazon logo is seen at its centre in Darlington, County Durham, Britain September 3, 2020

Israel approves 'return to work' grants to wean people off COVID benefits

The plan provides a package of benefits worth thousands of shekels to people who return to work between February and April.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Coronavirus: Haredi, Arab cities had high unemployment during lockdown

The resort city of Eilat suffered from the highest unemployment rates in Israel during the third lockdown.

Jerusalem's Mamilla mall is seen nearly empty amid Israel's third coronavirus lockdown, on January 4, 2021.

Coronavirus: 382,000 Israelis mistakenly get unemployment benefits

Nearly NIS 1 billion were given to people who didn't qualify.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

New JDC program helps laid-off workers develop new work skills

Employees also participate in a workshop to develop digital and self-learning skills required for a job market that is constantly changing.

The JDC offices under construction in Jerusalem in August, 2020

Coronavirus in Israel: 165,551 new job seekers since start of lockdown

Since January 25, the IES has recorded a consistent increase in the rate of layoffs and resignations among the total daily new job seekers.

Stores are seen shuttered closed and streets are empty in Jerusalem's Old City amid Israel's third coronavirus lockdown, on January 4, 2021.

About two million Israelis live below the poverty line - report

Bituach Leumi (National Insurance) published a short and overdue report from past data on poverty and inequality in Israel.

Poverty in Tel Aviv

Coronavirus closures hitting the self-employed hardest - report

When a similar survey was conducted in June, around 80% of self-employed respondents were working, half of which were working only part-time.

Israelis are seen walking along the Jaffa Street light rail tracks in the rain amid the coronavirus lockdown, on January 19, 2021.

Over 20,000 register for unemployment in first days of lockdown

Since the less intensive lockdown began in late December, more than 80,668 people have registered as unemployed.

Israeli self-employed protest the lack of financial support from the Israeli government in times of Corona, when many find themselves unemployed, on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, July 7, 2020.

How can we stop the violence in Arab society? - opinion

The government has access to an existing model that gives hope for a better future, it simply needs to take action.

ARAB ISRAELIS demonstrate against violence, organized crime and killings in their communities, outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem in 2019.