Ministry of Economy and Industry | Directorate General of Labor

Diagram 5 | Queries - General

6

Public Inquiries Dept. WhatsApp Telephone Email

582

867

293

3. Sectors of Employment

Diagrams 6 and 7 present the number and ratio of queries received from each sector of employment during 2021. The sector with the largest number of queries was the caregiving sector and 73 percent of all queries related to this area. This high percentage is consistent with the sector that employs the largest proportion of foreignworkers residing permanently in Israel, withmore than 70 thousandworkers (both legal and illegal). 3 The next most prominent sectors are agriculture with 26 thousand foreign workers and construction with 18 thousand. In addition to the foreign workers who live in Israel, there are also 63 thousand Palestinians working in the construction sector and 14 thousand working in agriculture. 4 These figures show that the ratio of queries from the agriculture and construction sectors is disproportionate to the number of workers employed in these areas. One possible reason for this disparity is that these workers come to Israel through bilateral agreements and frequently contact their own hotline operated by CIMI.

3 According to The Population and Immigration Authority's Foreign Workers Report Q3 2021. 4 According to data received from the Civil Administration.

14