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National Insurance to pay wage-replacement pension (e.g. maternity leave, payments for reserve military service) in an amount not less than the minimum wage โ even if the employer paid its workers less, and set less aside to the National Insurance (the amendment covers all workers in all
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343:, among others by writing and issuing mini-notebooks that list basic rights. The notebooks are printed in several languages, and their contents are featured on internet sites, in leaflets, and reports. Workshops for workers and lectures for the general public are also given.
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against binding migrant workers to their employers. Kav LaOved appealed jointly with other NGOs (The
Association for Civil Rights in Israel, The Hotline for Migrant Workers, Physicias for Human Rights, The
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Security Companies announced that it was making the annual licence-renewal of all security companies conditional on their paying pensions and other social benefits to their workers.
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