Employment

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
The waiters and gardeners returned, the high-tech workers stayed home. Job fair

The labor market has not yet recovered from the war

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta sued: AI helped choose whom to lay off, but missed an important detail

Banknotes in an ATM

NIS 260 million on the way to hundreds of thousands of employees


Wix cuts 20% of its employees citing shekel-dollar exchange rate, AI implementation

According to the CEO, the fact that the company has shekel-dominated costs and dollar-denominated revenue made it impossible to keep its current operations running without cutting back.

: In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX), a cloud-based web development platform, in front of a screen showing the company's branding on July 31, 2025.

The JOB EXPO 2026 fair returns to Beersheba

The JOB EXPO 2026 employment fair of the Technological College of Engineering Beersheba, in cooperation with the Lauder Employment Center in the Negev, will take place on May 26 in Beersheba.

Employment fair

Revised income tax brackets boost March salary

Income tax brackets in Israel are designed to tax those who earn more at a higher rate than those who earn less.

Israeli shekel

Israel registered 37% less unpaid leave applications than in previous Iran war, report reveals

In total, 7936 people registered for unemployment since the war began, of whom 55% are women, Employment Service revealed on Sunday. Of this group, 54% are mothers of underage children.

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market bustles as the war in Iran rages, March 5, 2026

'I end each day exhausted': Survey of 1,488 workers reveals ‘AI brain fry’

Employees with 'AI brain fry' showed a 33% increase in decision fatigue, 11% more minor errors, and 39% more major errors, and 34% said they may resign versus 25% without it.

AI in the workplace

Number of Israeli job seekers fell in January 2026 amid tight labor market

Overall, Israel’s labor market has remained tight over the past year, with the ratio of vacancies-to-job-seekers around one-to-one.

Job seeking Israeli numbers drop in January, 2026.

For first time, Israeli Arabs more likely than Jews to work in field of study, 2024 data reveals

 A shift was recorded this year in the education-to-employment match index. Some 76.4% of employed Arabs work in the field they studied, compared with 72.5% of Jews.

Arab Israelis and Haredi youth at a café in Jerusalem

Tech Talk: Do startup competitions matter for founders? New research says yes, if done correctly

A new Tel Aviv University analysis examines whether startup competitions improve survival, access to funding, and growth, or reward teams already positioned to win.

Dr. Eyal Benjamin, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University.

Gvahim: Two decades of helping olim build their careers

A nonprofit organization helps olim of working age translate their skills, experience, and ambitions into meaningful careers.

The Gvahim team.

Equality requires universal draft, participation in economy and workforce, MK Liberman says

Ultra-Orthodox populations must join not just the military but the workforce if Israel wants to have a sustainable economic future, Liberman said at the Ogen Conference.

Avigdor Liberman speaks at a Knesset meeting during the first week of the Israeli Parliament's winter session, October 27, 2025