Employment Service

Employment Service: 50,000 unemployment stipends frozen

'For a significant percentage of job seekers, unemployment payments became an obstacle to returning to work,' Employment Service head says.

Employment Service:

937 thousand jobseekers, 596 thousand on unpaid leave

From Thursday until this morning, 18,970 new jobseekers registered.

One million unemployed by Passover

Mass layoffs, unpaid leave from work cause unemployment rate to climb to 18.6%. Situation is expected worsen.