Four female tanks that killed about fifty terrorists/Amir Bohbot
In the war in which the State of Israel has been fighting since the horrific terrorist attack on October 7, women fighters are often held up as a miracle.
And rightly so.
the observers who recognized the danger;
the intelligence investigator who alerted;
The rabbi "Zit" who rushed to arm the standby squad; the platoon commander at the Zikim base who protected the recruits with her body; the armored fighters in the all-female tank; an action that is lacking in the male military environment.
However, the war also emphasizes the traditional division of roles in society - the woman who stays at home with the children while the spouse / father enlists in the reserves. The struggle to combine the demands of work with the needs of the family has risen to a level. It is no coincidence that the law allows a worker who is a mother of children (up to age 13) to shorten her working day by an hour when her partner is in reserve service.
In light of the continuation of the fighting, a temporary order has now been added that prohibits the dismissal of an employee due to her absence from work due to the need to stay with her children while her partner is in the reserves, and now an expansion order has also been published granting additional days of absence with pay For those whose spouse serves in the reserves,
these needs, which are sharpened and exacerbated during war, increase the gaps between men and women in the labor market, including wage gaps.
Female fighters in the Gaza Strip.
Many praise the fighting women as a miracle, and rightly so/official website, Tal Shalu
The Equal Pay Law for Female and Male Workers, 5556 - 1996, states that "female and male workers employed by the same employer in the same workplace are entitled to equal pay for the same work, substantially equal work or equivalent work." Since it was enacted, only a few lawsuits have been filed for violation His instructions.
Carpenter Orit Goren proved that she was paid less than her colleague at the Home Center, because she is a woman; Galit Kidar and Dafna Iloz revealed the creative way in which the Jerusalem Municipality pays higher wages to workers who perform the same work; Eti Eliashvili and Efrat Cohen from the Port of Ashdod were discriminated against against a parallel worker and were awarded in their lawsuit; and recently also Mary Nicole Meir, who was approved in her request for a class action on the basis of wage discrimination between auxiliary workers and sanitarians in the operating rooms of the "Carmel" hospital. But these are a drop in the ocean. In 2020, a directive obliging certain employers to publish an annual report on the wage disparity between male and female workers.
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Attorney Miriam Kleinberger-Ether, head of the labor law department, EBN Erdinst office, Ben Natan, Toledano/Eyal Tuag
A new study published by the Bank of Israel - "Firms' Contribution to Explaining the Gender Wage Gap", shows that focusing on the wage gap in the same workplace misses the way to a real reduction of the gender wage gap in the economy.
According to the study, only "a negligible part of the wage gap is attributed to the provision of different wage premiums to male and female workers from the same firm".
A large percentage of pay gaps is due to the fact that women "departure" to organizations that pay lower wages.
Therefore, the Bank of Israel clarifies in its conclusions, that "a policy focused on ensuring equal employment opportunities will be more effective than regulation on wage disparities between male and female employees in the same firm".
Adv.
Women who work in the labor market, such as female soldiers in the IDF, do it differently. They contribute additional qualities, and as those who are actually responsible for a greater part of child care, need jobs that match this - flexible working hours; the possibility of remote work; compensation for a contribution that is not linked only to the number of working hours ; and of course also the promotion of adequate wages for professions considered more "feminine", such as - teaching and therapeutic professions.
Equality in pay at the same employer is very important, and prevents wrongful discrimination and deprivation on the basis of gender. The research shows that the path to true equality requires a much broader view and taking deep steps for change Compensation policy in the labor market.
Attorney Miriam Kleinberger-Ether, head of the labor law department, EBN Ardinst office, Ben Natan, Toledano.
Attorney Noa Bar Shir is a partner in the labor law department at the firm.
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