The home design company "Perfect Line" will pay NIS 10,000 to a resident of Beit El, after a contractor on behalf of the company demanded an additional payment in order to install a kitchen in his home.
If any amount is required as an additional risk due to his area of residence in the Jewish community, this is prohibited by law due to discrimination.
The event took place in 2019, when A purchased a kitchen from the company.
Ten days later he was informed that he must pay the marble installer an additional 500 shekels for installation in the settlement due to the demand of an outside contractor.
A paid the amount, but then the marble installer refused to come to Bethel for two weeks.
Finally, the customer had to cancel the marble installation, was delayed in entering the new apartment and had to find another installer to complete the work.
In the statement of claim, which he submitted through attorney Ravid Sharon, A demanded compensation of NIS 80,000 for the additional payment requirement, the injury and the delay.
The parties recently reached a compromise agreement, under which the plaintiff will be compensated with NIS 10,000.
"We hope that this will refresh the memories of suppliers and service providers, and teach them that there is no difference between Netanya and Elkana and between Ashkelon and Beit El," said Attorney Sharon. ".
Attorney Yaakov Barel, who represents "Perfect Line", stated that "it is an independent contractor who operates a marble processing plant and is not an employee of my client.
The aforementioned explained that it is about covering financial costs and not beyond that."
The settlement agreement, Barel explained, was signed without any acknowledgment that they had broken the law.
"The dispute is not relevant to my client. 'Perfect Line' did not demand any discriminatory payment, and it practices full equality with everyone. Before the holidays, without admitting any claim, and for reasons of saving in the management of procedures, the procedure was closed with an arrangement which, on behalf of my client, is only for the elimination of harassment."
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