The Corona virus has caused many changes in the world of employment. The fact that many employees find themselves out of the job market, whether dismissed or on unpaid leave, has brought about changes in the National Insurance law and regulations. The changes are numerous and require close consideration. Consequently, Adv. Tamar Golan – a partner in the firm and head of Employment קרא עוד...

On July 23, 2020, the Ministry of Justice published, for public comments, a Memorandum on a bill for the amendment of the Privacy Protection Act.The Memorandum suggests a narrower duty for registration of databases and introduces new definitions relating to the protection of information. Adv. Elen Yosef refers to the details of the Memorandum. For the full update (in Hebrew), . קרא עוד...

The Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice (HCJ), has issued its decision regarding the validity of a general medical certificate issued to anemployee who is in isolation under a National Health Order. The HCJ has ruled that “statistical patients” who are in preventative isolation and are asymptomatic, do not suffer from an illness which prevents them from working, but rather קרא עוד...

M. Firon & Co. and the Acc, are happy to invite you to join a professional webinar following the dramatic decision of the Ministry of Justice according to which the Corona crisis does not excuse breach of contract, with Advocates Ran Firon and Yoav Kramer. The webinar addresses various matters including: contract adjustment during the crisis and thereafter, alternatives available to the parties קרא עוד...

Call for Suggestions:The CEO of the Ministry of the Interior has recently announced the Ministry’s intention to promote a legal initiative to further discount municipal taxes due to the second wave of the Corona epidemic in Israel and the renewed restrictive measures applied to the economy as a result.We intend to send the Ministry of the Interior a position paper setting out our קרא עוד...