According to current estimates, about half of all employed persons in the public sector work in the public sector.
We are talking about everyone who works for the State Authority, including civil servants, local authorities, employees of government companies, and teaching staff. These employees are entitled to preferential employment rights and conditions with respect to the private sector, with the conditions usually met in accordance with professional rankings and years ofseniority, achieved over the years under collective agreements.
The unique rights of public sector workers may be expressed, inter alia, in the following areas:
According to the law in Israel, basic workers rights refer to all the workers in the market. The private and public sector as one.
These rights specify, among other things, the terms of employment and dismissal, as well as the minimum wage, pensions, provident funds, insurance, vacation days, convalescence benefits and sickness benefits. At the same time, public sector workers are, in many cases, given preferential terms of employment that are much higher than the minimum requirements set by law. This is mainly because many of the public sector workers are part of unions, organizations and in various workers ‘committees, which have, over the years, ensured the formation of collective labor agreements that bind the workers’ employers under these improved conditions.