Israel unemployment

AI layoffs mount across Israeli tech companies amid software sector bloodbath

The development of AI in recent years has led to situations where human work is replaced by AI, or AI can do the same job faster or at a lower cost

A businessman is seen working alongside a team of robots in this illustrative image of artificial intelligence.
Tech layoffs are the key to change in education in Israel

Israeli unemployment rates rising in hi-tech with the advancement of artificial intelligence

People looking for work as unemployment rises

Israeli employment rates dropped in May, Central Bureau of Statistics labor force survey reveals

Einbal Mashash, CEO of the Employment Service

Israel's youth labor force participation rate declines as gender gap narrows


Employment population ratios

Employment-population ratio in Israel and in large cities, 2015

Windows, not walls

Bringing haredim into the hi-tech workforce may save the country’s economy.

The Bnei Brak Employment Center

May an employer prohibit any and all Internet wandering?

Most of us do not ascribe much importance to this natural act, which is instinctive and a continuation of the wandering of our thoughts.

JOURNALISTS AT work at their desks.

New head for equal employment commission

Adv. Mariam Kabaha previously served as the regional commissioner for equal employment opportunities in Haifa and the North.

JOURNALISTS AT work at their desks.

Doing a good job getting people good jobs

ITWorks founder and CEO Ifat Baron of Netanya on her mission to find employment success for marginalized communities.

ItWorks

Strike averted: Deal expected on long-term care

A joint press conference with Histadrut Chairman Avi Nissenkorn and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon has been called for 13:00 on Wednesday.

Kulanu leader Moshe Kahlon

Survey finds nearly 40% of people with disabilities are unemployed

According to the findings, 14% of this population group has a severe disability, about 40% of whom are older than 65. Of the disabled, 10% have difficulty walking or climbing stairs.

JAY RUDERMAN (Ruderman Foundation)

Gagner sur tous les plans

Gros plan sur l’intégration de travailleurs handicapés au sein de la Knesset. Un exemple à suivre pour les autres instances gouvernementales

Employés handicapés de la Knesset

Ivory Coast to learn from Israel how to combat terrorism

The president of The Ivory Coast's National Assembly attributes the surge in terrorism to world wide unemployment.

President Reuven Rivlin meets with the president of The Ivory Coast's National Assembly

In shift, JDC turns to private sector to tackle labor challenges

Israel regularly vied for the lowest spot in the OECD's poverty rankings. Between 1997 and 2013, the percentage of working poor has steadily risen.

The Bank of Israel building in Jerusalem