Workforce

German companies consider 4-day work week

A new pilot project by 45 German companies would see workers on the job only four days a week, while retaining their previous salaries, to boost efficiency during the remaining days.

Haredi employment in public sector far from gov't goal

Shas MK Michael Malchieli urges Finance Committee meeting to force recruitment of haredim for public service positions.

Rivlin meets with reps of initiative for haredi employment

Initiative more important than ever, president says upon being shown findings of the strategic process and the progress made so far.

Haredi Workers Encouraged to Integrate - Then Are Rejected

Haredi men and women are more and more qualified, eager to join the workforce - but some say employers are rejecting them.

More Israeli Men Working in August than Ever

Mixed news as more men working, even as unemployment rises to 6.4% in August during Operation Protective Edge.

Government Introduces Incentive Program for Construction Workers

Deal to provide subsidized training for Jewish construction workers, in bid to both solve housing and hareidi integration problems.

'Affirmative Action' to Boost Hareidi Employment?

Economics Minister Naftali Bennett to push bill demanding employers hire hareidi men, blames prejudice for the workforce gap.

Employers Prejudiced Against Hareidi Men, Arabs, Working Mothers

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission survey reveals gender, religious discrimination. But is it due to change?

Lapid: Hareidi Jews Aren’t Even Looking for Work

Finance Minister says hareidi men, Arab women ‘not even in the equation’ when it comes to employment.

Expert: Israel Will Suffer Unless Hareidim, Arabs Get to Work

Israel faces a bleak economic future if more hareidi Jews and Israeli Arabs are not recruited into the workforce, an expert told Arutz Sheva