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also exceeding the designated limit. Furthermore, the court stipulated that the worker's signature and consent to the irregular deductions lacked any legal validity because she had never been fully informed of them. The plaintiff's claims pertaining to the pension deductions were also accepted and the court rejected the defendant's claim that this money should be transferred to the worker only upon her departure from Israel, in accordance with a court ruling to this effect. The court ruled that the worker should receive the sums that should have been deposited in a special bank account according to the "ApproximateWork" rule. An appeal was submitted in this case to the National Labor Court.

Judicial Labor Dispute (Tel Aviv) 45082-05-20 Munir Krakeh vs Keren Kayemet Le'Israel.

This ruling pertains to a claim submitted by ten Palestinian workers who were dismissed from their jobs with Keren Kayemet Le'Israel due to their designation as "temporary workers". KKL signed on a new collective agreement with the Histradrut workers' union that represents its employees, as part of which it was determined that KKL would dismiss workers defined as "temporary". All the plaintiffs worked for KKL for at least five years, and some even worked there for more than a decade. The court ruled that KKL acted in a discriminatory manner towards the workers under the Employment (Equal Opportunities) Law-1988 and related to them in a different and distinct manner compared to Israeli workers. According to the court, the only reason for the plaintiffs' definition as temporary employees was the fact that they were foreign workers, and that they had therefore been treated improperly. The court also determined that their exclusion from the Extension Order due to their temporary status also constitutes a legal infringement. The court ordered to reinstate the plaintiffs to their jobs and to define them as permanent employees, while awarding further remedy by refunding wage differentials and rights denied them because of their temporary status. KKL submitted an appeal against this ruling to the National Labor Court which is yet to issue its ruling. The Commissioner's Unit possesses the authority to handle the exercising of foreign workers' rights. The legal activity of the Commissioner for Foreign Workers' Labor Rights includes, among other things, the handling of public queries, clarifying complains about violation of foreign workers' labor rights, composing official legal opinions, submitting civil lawsuits and expert opinions to civil and labor courts. The legal opinions composed this year can be found in the Regulation Chapter. In certain cases, the Commissioner can decide to appear in court as a plaintiff or as a "friend of the court". These cases are chosen carefully by the Commissioner for Foreign Workers' Labor Rights in accordance with authority granted to her by law under Section 23a (2) and Sections 26a (4) to determine priorities and preferences pertaining to clarifying complaints and submitting claims with the aim of resolving cases without reverting to legal proceedings. The Commissioner's Legal Authorities

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