Conference attendees hear of 'meteoric' jump in requests for food assistance, and unemployment that will stay high with just one opening for every 16 jobless people
Israeli GDP seen contracting 4.25% in 2020, amid increased unemployment and insolvencies after second national lockdown; report urges passing of state budget
Opposition leader Yair Lapid calls automatic annual pay increase for Knesset members 'scandalous,' calls upon MK's to 'strengthen the public trust in the Knesset'
Of the 108,475 people newly registered as jobless in October, 16% were fired, compared with 9% in September; as in first lockdown, young people and women once again bear the brunt
Unlike many OECD countries that subsidize flexible, part-time furlough for workers during pandemic, Israel insists on all or nothing; critics say unpreparedness is the main reason
Hundreds of small companies and thousands of independent workers reportedly received grants they had not qualified for and will now be forced to give money back
While politicians tussle and pontificate, their failure to pass a budget and appoint top officials leaves government agencies unable to tackle the worst fallout of the pandemic
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