layoffs

A Cellcom service station in Jerusalem on November 5, 2015 (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

September 24, 2019, 11:10 am

Cellcom, Israel’s largest cellphone operator, to cut jobs amid stiff competition

Workers stage improvised strike as company says it hopes its ‘comprehensive restructuring plan’ will allow it to return to profitability by end of 2020

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: An Israeli agricultural engineer inspects marijuana plants at the BOL (Breath Of Life) Pharma greenhouse in the country's second-largest medical cannabis plantation, near Kfar Pines in northern Israel, on March 9, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP)

From the WebSeptember 5, 2019, 3:17 pm

Israel cannabis firm Breath of Life lays off 20 employees

Calcalist: Earlier this year the firm backed out of its planned IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange after it failed to secure its target valuations

An aerial view of the southern city of Kiryat Gat in 2010. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons, Kiryat Gat municipality archives)

August 14, 2019, 6:12 pm

Kiryat Gat laying off 320 city workers to cope with burgeoning deficit

Officials say southern city dealing with ‘enormous’ development challenges as it expands in bid to become economic hub

By TOI staff

Nano Dimension manufactures electronic products using 3D printing. The image compares a 3D-printed transceiver, right, with-a-traditional-transceiver (Courtesy)

July 8, 2019, 1:32 pm

3D printer maker Nano Dimension to fire 20% of workforce as seeks direction

Shares on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange plummet; company says it appointed adviser to help it conduct a ‘review of strategic alternatives’

By Shoshanna Solomon

Left to right: Ilan Spiegelman – VP Marketing Oracle Israel Reggie Bradford, SVP Oracle Uzi Navon – Oracle Israel Country Leader (Courtesy: Sally Farag)

June 18, 2019, 4:59 pm

Oracle reportedly to cut tens of workers at Israel R&D center

Move is part of global reorganization of US tech giant, Calcalist reports; employees come from the startup Ravello, acquired by the US firm in 2016

By Shoshanna Solomon

IBM's office in Tel Aviv. (YouTube screenshot)

May 23, 2019, 2:41 pm

IBM to fire dozens at Tel Aviv R&D center

Firm says it’s repositioning team ‘to align with the company’s focus on the high-value segments of the IT market’

By Shoshanna Solomon

Intel Corp.'s 9th Gen Core, sired by its Haifa team, was launched by US tech giant on April 23, 2019 (Courtesy)

May 21, 2019, 12:27 pm

Some 150 jobs in Israel at risk as result of new Intel CEO 5G strategy

Intel sources confirm that the decision to exit 5G smartphone modem business globally will affect local team as well

By Shoshanna Solomon

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries employees protest closure plans outside a company building in Ashdod, December 17, 2017. (Flash90)

April 9, 2018, 4:34 pm

Teva to shut Ashdod plant within year, with loss of 175 jobs

Company statement follows on from December announcement that debt-ridden pharma giant will fire 14,000 workers worldwide over next two years, including some 1,750 in Israel

By Sue Surkes

Super-Pharm, the largest, leading drugstore chain in Israel. July 13, 2014. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

December 25, 2017, 12:18 pm

Super-Pharm to trim staff of beauty consultants by 1,300

Pharmacy chain says it will lay off almost half of its customer assistants in attempt to cut costs and lower product prices amid rising competition

By Michael Bachner

Workers of the Teva company protest against the company plan to lay off hundreds of employees, outside the TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries building in Jerusalem, December 17, 2017. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

December 17, 2017, 3:57 pm

Teva workers barricade themselves in Jerusalem plant, burn tires

200 pharma employees and family members lock themselves in facility, prevent managers from leaving as protests against layoffs sweep country

By TOI staff

Workers of the Teva company protest against the company plan to lay off hundreds of employees, in Petah Tikva, December 17, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

December 17, 2017, 12:30 pm

Airport, ministries, companies reopen after Teva ‘solidarity’ strike

Service at bank, post office, courts resumes following protests over pharmaceutical giant’s planned layoffs of some 1,750 Israeli workers

By TOI staff and AFP

December 17, 2017, 10:21 am

Teva workers protest layoffs as solidarity strike grinds country to halt

Demonstrations held across Israel; protesters block traffic and burn tires over pharma giant’s plan to slash 1,750 jobs

By TOI staff and AFP

An Israeli worker walks by the offices of Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva Industries in Jerusalem, October 11, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 13, 2017, 10:51 pm

Union calls strike over thousands of expected Teva layoffs

Histadrut says much of country, including airports, will shut down for hours on Sunday morning to protest drugmaker’s plan to firre half of its workforce

By TOI staff and Shoshanna Solomon

A general view of TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries in Jerusalem, Israel, October 11, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 13, 2017, 11:22 am

Teva reportedly to present job cuts plan on Thursday

Yitzhak Peterburg, who served as interim chief executive, has resigned from the board effective immediately, troubled drug-maker says

By Shoshanna Solomon

Kåre Schultz, CEO and president of Teva. (Courtesy)

December 10, 2017, 12:33 pm

Teva shares jump in Tel Aviv after report of up to 10,000 job cuts

Pharmaceutical firm’s new CEO aims to cut expenses by $1.5 billion-$2 billion over the next two years, Bloomberg says

By Shoshanna Solomon