58 years old and with a lot of experience, she asked to work in the Social Security • When she gave her age, they answered her: "We are looking for young workers" • Social Security: "Long training was required"
"We do not discriminate." NII
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Oren Ben Hakon
A lawsuit was filed in the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court against the National Insurance Institute, for allegedly violating the Equal Employment Opportunity Law. According to the lawsuit, a 58-year-old worker was not hired because of her age.
The lawsuit, filed by attorney Ariel Golan, refers to a social worker with many years of experience, who asked for acceptance as Social Security after turning a job ad for social workers.
After she sent resumes as needed, created Social Security representative touch with her and asked for additional information such as age, Military service, marital status and current place of employment.As alleged in the statement of claim, when the plaintiff's age was known, a Social Security representative told her: "Thank you, but it is not appropriate. We are looking for young workers, "and the connection with her was severed.
Among other things, the lawsuit states that "the conduct of the defendant or anyone on his behalf severely violated the plaintiff's rights to equality and prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age, and constitutes a violation of fundamental values and vested rights. This is discrimination not given by a government body." For human rights. " The defendant demands compensation without proof of damage in the amount of NIS 75,000.
"Complex training was required"
According to Adv. Ariel Golan, the National Insurance Institute acted in this case in violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law when it prevented the plaintiff from being hired only because of her age. Liability when mistakes are made, which as stated was not done in this case and therefore the plaintiff was forced to go to court to prevent the recurrence of such cases. "
The National Insurance Institute stated: "National Insurance provides service and social security to all residents of Israel equally according to law. The value of equality is also reflected in the recruitment and employment of new employees without age or other discrimination. In recent years, dozens of new employees aged 50 and over were recruited. In the matter of the lawsuit, we offered the plaintiff and her attorney a compromise proposal, but they refused and we will respond to the statement of claim in the appropriate courts
. The message sent was by someone who served as a liaison for sending resumes only, who is not responsible for recruiting and hiring employees. "