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Illustrative photo of Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 11, 2024, 2:54 pm
Israeli skills in literacy, math and problem-solving ‘below OECD average’ – report
Results of the OECD 2023 Survey of Adult Skills show Israelis who scored highest in everyday math abilities reported better wages, health and life satisfaction
By Gavriel Fiske
Tourists arriving at Ben Gurion Airport wait in long queues to clear passport control, February 13, 2023. (Screenshot/Channel 12; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 13, 2023, 4:30 pm
Ben Gurion passport control backed up as foreign travelers forced to wait 2 hours
Population and Immigration Authority bemoans shortfall of 250 employees; current workers blame recruitment problems on low salaries
By ToI Staff
MK Naama Lazimi at a Conference of the Anti-Defamation League in Tel Aviv, on November 16, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash9
December 7, 2022, 6:56 pm
Labor MK to present bill linking lawmakers’ paychecks to minimum wage
Naama Lazimi says she aims to curb income boosts unless bottom earners also get a raise; current system ties MKs’ salaries to average salaries
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a discussion and a vote on the minimum wage at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 8, 2022, 9:27 pm
In another blow to coalition, Knesset advances opposition bills to hike minimum wage
Government’s Ra’am party breaks ranks to vote in favor of preliminary legislation from opposition’s Joint List, as imperiled coalition appears headed for a collapse
By ToI Staff
Minister Eli Avidar speaks during a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 22, 2022, 11:03 am
Avidar resigns as minister; says PM aping Netanyahu, won’t honor rotation with Lapid
Blow for gov’t as Yisrael Beytenu maverick returns to Knesset, where his vote may be vital on any bill; claims coalition focused on ‘selfies, TikTok’ as opposition works to oust it
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon" at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, February 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 21, 2022, 5:46 pm
Liberman ‘at peace’ with not locking down in Omicron wave, despite rising death toll
Finance minister defends government’s COVID policy of keeping economy open, says ‘we haven’t made cars illegal’ despite car crash fatalities
By Tobias Siegal
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022.(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 20, 2022, 4:51 pm
Amid criticism from some ministers, cabinet okays bill to slowly raise minimum wage
Plan will increase monthly minimum wage to NIS 6,000 by 2025; first bump scheduled for April will be just NIS 100, drawing consternation from left-wing ministers
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers seen at the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem, on May 10, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 23, 2021, 11:48 am
Government raises soldiers’ pay following major backlash over high pensions
Conscripts to receive salary increase of 50% from next year, with best-paid combat troops making just over half of minimum wage
By Judah Ari Gross
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman at a press conference at the Ministry of Finance offices in Jerusalem, on November 3, 2021 where the government announced that the minimum wage would rise to NIS 6,000 by 2025. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 3, 2021, 4:19 pm
Minimum wage to increase gradually to NIS 6,000 by 2025
Finance Ministry also announces steps to increase employer flexibility in public sector, encourage remote work, add extra paid vacation day
By Ricky Ben-David
An Israeli woman outside a distribution center for needy people in Lod, September 11, 2012. Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 3, 2021, 11:35 pm
Minimum wage hikes in Israel benefit men more than women, think tank says
Salary increases for lowest wage earners contributed to gender gap in employment, with more women losing work, according to new study
By Luke Tress
In this Dec. 20, 2019 file photo, construction is underway at the Lusail Stadium, one of the 2022 World Cup stadiums, in Lusail, Qatar (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
March 20, 2021, 12:21 pm
Under scrutiny as World Cup looms, Qatar extends minimum wage to all
In run-up to 2022 soccer tournament, country has been accused of enabling widespread labor abuses
By AFP
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters before the House votes to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
February 27, 2021, 9:40 am
House passes $1.9T pandemic bill on near party-line vote
Bill provides $1,400 payments to individuals, extends emergency unemployment benefits; two Democrats vote with Republicans against plan
By Alan Fram
Israelis protest in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against the government's economic policies during the coronavirus pandemic, July 11, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 22, 2020, 12:40 pm
Government said mulling lowering minimum wage to boost employment
Proposal draws immediate rebuke from left-wing ministers and MKs; one denounces ‘fundamentalist capitalist ideas’ that ‘erode workers’ rights during an unprecedented social crisis’
By ToI Staff
Democratic presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) arrives at a campaign event at George Washington University July 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
July 19, 2019, 8:18 pm
Sanders campaign workers say they earn ‘poverty wages’
Unionized workers demand $15 an hour — the rate the democratic socialist has spent years advocating should be minimum wage for all Americans
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Close-up of Israeli currency, Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
October 30, 2017, 11:03 pm
Minimum wage rising to NIS 5,300 on December 1
With lowest hourly rate going up to NIS 28.50 and daily minimum to NIS 245, Israel enters final stage of increases that began in 2015
By ToI Staff
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