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Employee abuse

Labor MK Merav Michaeli speaks during a protest in Jerusalem, November 9, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 30, 2020, 2:10 am
Former parliamentary aide accuses MK Merav Michaeli of workplace abuse
Lawsuit seeks NIS 320,000 in damages resulting from ‘humiliating treatment’; Labor lawmaker says allegations are ‘complete falsehoods’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara at a welcoming ceremony for the Brazilian president at Ben Gurion Airport on March 31, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 7, 2019, 3:40 pm
Sara Netanyahu skips court testimony in workplace abuse lawsuit
Judge dismisses arguments by attorney for PM’s wife over why she didn’t need to show up to give testimony: ‘This is outrageous’
By ToI Staff
View of the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on June 23, 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 6, 2019, 2:44 pm
In leak, officials admit PM’s residence staff had to work without pay on Shabbat
Latest recording follows new claims of abuse by Sara Netanyahu, including forcing employees to stay for unpaid hours at official residence
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, arrives for a meeting in Paris, France, June 6, 2018. (AP/Francois Mori)
September 27, 2019, 8:26 am
Prosecutors said examining new claims of employee abuse by Sara Netanyahu
PM’s wife is alleged to have forced workers to stay extra hours at official residence without pay, work on Shabbat; officials said considering whether to launch formal probe
By ToI Staff
Journalist Oshrat Kotler speaks at a conference in Jerusalem on March 23, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2019, 9:24 pm
Veteran anchorwoman accused of verbally abusing subordinate
Oshrat Kotler denies ‘imprisoning’ former Channel 10 employee in room after recording released of her yelling ‘sit down and be quiet’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara Netanyahu, is seen at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on October 13, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
December 14, 2017, 7:37 pm
Filing defense, Sara Netanyahu denounces ‘bizarre’ abuse lawsuit
PM’s wife says labor court has no authority to rule on $64,000 suit as claimant was never her direct employee
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara visits cancer patients and their parents at a protest tent in Jerusalem's Sacher Park on June 15, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2017, 2:21 pm
Ex-employee of Sara Netanyahu told to refile complaint against her
Court insists Shira Raban’s lawyers remove references to other employees as ‘slaves,’ take out ‘irrelevant’ material
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara Netanyahu, is seen at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on October 13, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
November 11, 2017, 11:01 pm
Sara Netanyahu ex-employee: She screamed at me, ‘You’re a lump of nothing’
Shira Raban, who filed a $64,000 abuse lawsuit against PM’s wife, says she did not merely ‘leave’ the residence, but ‘ran as fast as I could’
By Raoul Wootliff
This photo taken on September 14, 2016 shows workers on a production line at the Huajian shoe factory, where about 100,000 pairs of Ivanka Trump-branded shoes have been made over the years among other brands, in Dongguan in south China's Guangdong province. (AFP/Greg Baker)
May 31, 2017, 11:55 am
Labor activists probing Ivanka Trump brand in China arrested, missing
3 men were working to expose alleged low pay, excessive overtime and possible misuse of student workers at local supplier linked to presidential family
By Yanan WANG
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem Labor Court on October 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 10, 2016, 2:32 pm
Court dismisses abuse case appeal by Sara Netanyahu
PM’s wife not allowed to challenge compensation awarded to maintenance worker for mistreatment at official residence
By Stuart Winer
Former Prime Minister's Residence employee Guy Eliyahu speaks with the media as he arrives for his lawsuit against the Prime Minister's Office at the regional Labor court in Jerusalem, October 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 31, 2016, 2:42 pm
Court awards PM’s former worker NIS 120,000 in damages
Guy Eliyahu to be compensated by Prime Minister’s Office, HR company for abuse at Sara Netanyahu’s hands
By Stuart Winer
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem Labor Court on October 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 30, 2016, 7:31 pm
State rejects Sara Netanyahu’s bid to remove judge who ruled against her
Attorney for PM’s wife says court has ‘made up its mind’ even before hearing second case of alleged employee abuse
By ToI Staff
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem Labor Court on October 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2016, 4:32 pm
Lawyer asks to remove judge who ruled against Sara Netanyahu
Court that found caretaker was abused by PM’s wife made up its mind before hearing case, attorney argues
By ToI Staff
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem Labor Court on October 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 25, 2016, 4:59 pm
Sara Netanyahu appeals court ruling in favor of ex-employee
PM’s wife says as she was not named as a defendant, she didn’t have chance to defend herself against abuse allegations
By ToI Staff
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