Employment

Changes to working hours and minimum wage in Israel for 2026

A major shift for Israel’s workforce: How upcoming updates to pay rates and labor limits will impact your paycheck and work-life balance.

"In 2026, Israel’s labor market isn’t just raising the minimum wage - it’s completely redefining the value of a worker’s time."
Foreign workers seen working in a field near the Ben Gurion Airport, on August 14, 2025.

Israel imports record foreign workforce to replace Palestinians, but housing crisis looms

 PALESTA street vendor arranges his stand next to an election campaign banner showing candidates for the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorates ahead of municipal elections, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 14, 2026.

West Bank employment rebounds after Oct. 7 drop, but wages, protection remain weak, PCBS data shows

High-tech office complex

Dramatic split: The new map of upheavals in Israeli tech


Labor dispute at AIG: Employees demand improved conditions, AI regulation

Amid record business results, negotiations for a new collective agreement have stalled. The union and committee warn of labor action and express concern over job losses due to an AI pilot program.

AIG

Tel Aviv among world’s most expensive for employers, least lucrative for employees

Study comparing employment costs across 13 US, European, and Israeli cities finds Tel Aviv ranking second only to San San Francisco.

Alon Towers complex, Tel Aviv

More employees were hired, but competition is only growing: How the job market looked in July

The Jobnet index in collaboration with Civi AI found that in July, the number of candidates who began working increased by 10%, but job openings fell by 3%.

Employees in an office

For the first time: Israeli law recognizes a Family Memorial Day as a protected leave day

What you need to know about the amendment to Israel's annual leave law

Yahav Shorer, advocate

Trap of the summer break: Parents face summer with no available vacation days

The gap between the education system and the labor market strikes the middle class again: A new survey by AllJobs reveals the true cost of summer.

A family on vacation

Elections Committee, Employment Service announce effort to hire thousands of election personnel

Hiring for positions such as polling site staff, technical support workers, logistics personnel, and a variety of others will begin in the next week, according to a joint statement.

Acting Director General of the Central Elections Committee, Attorney Din Livne, pictured with Director General of the Employment Service, Inbal Mashash.

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.

AI spending spree hits $600b as Oracle fires 21,000 employees to fund boom

Oracle laid off ~13% of its staff to fund a $300B computing deal with OpenAI. Now, a credit downgrade and $7B in required power grid guarantees put the massive project in jeopardy.

Larry Ellison, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oracle

Relocate or resign: Samsung gives hundreds of US employees an ultimatum

Samsung is relocating its US headquarters from New Jersey to Texas, requiring hundreds of employees to either move more than 2,000 kilometers with the company or leave their jobs.

Samsung

Thousands of Google employees demand fair layoffs

Over 4,500 Google employees signed a petition against the wave of cuts, demanding a more predictable and fair termination process.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai