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10,202 people have been diagnosed positive for Corona in the last day - according to data from the Ministry of Health published today (Monday). This is a verified record since April 4th. 168 patients are hospitalized in critical condition - a 95% jump within a week. The total number of infections in the last week has also jumped by 55%, and stands at more than 55,000. The rate of positive tests stands at 39% - almost the highest since the outbreak of the plague, explained by the fact that only patients are tested. There was also a slight increase in the adhesion coefficient of infection...

If you were hoping to find a green country to spend your holidays in, you may want to make an alternative plan - and this time not because of the Corona restrictions: the Histadrut recently declared a labor dispute in the aviation industry, amid a severe employment crisis. According to the Histadrut, the airlines, which have already laid off thousands of workers and laid off many workers, are now seeking further mass layoffs, and as a result the conflict has been declared. The conflict is relevant to El Al employees, Arkia employees, Israir pilots, and employees of the Airports Authority....

The Innovation Authority's report shows that Israeli high-tech workers, who constitute about 10% of the employees in the economy, are responsible for about sixty percent of the income tax receipts from employees in Israel. According to the report, the high-tech companies are responsible for 43% of Israeli exports and 40% of the value of the companies in the Tel Aviv 35 index of the large companies on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The employees of the R&D centers of the multinational companies in Israel are relatively responsible for tax payments that are six times larger than their share...

The privatization of the Haifa port has finally been completed, which will enrich the state coffers by a little less than NIS 3 billion, and approximately NIS 1 billion to the Haifa Port Company, when the "Adani Gadot" group transferred the payment. Thus came to an end a long and complex process of privatizing the port of Haifa, the first port in the State of Israel. The group, which consists of the company Gadot Mesofim for Chemicals (1985) Ltd. and the Indian company Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd., owned by the third richest man in the world, Gautam Adani, successfully...

Following the criticism in recent days, Finance Minister Israel Katz instructed the professionals in his office to expand the outline of compensation to be given to businesses as part of the Wall Guard operation, so that businesses within 40-80 km of the Gaza Strip border will also be entitled to compensation. In the cities involved, any business owner who was injured during the riots and closed for at least 7 days will also be able to receive indirect compensation beyond the direct compensation. As part of the new outline that will be submitted to the Finance Committee for approval next...

The unemployment rate in Israel is still very low, but at the same time, the volume of layoffs in high-tech is beginning to affect the numbers of high-tech workers looking for work. According to data released today (Monday) by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), there has been a slight decline in the unemployment rate in the past month, from 3.5% in May to 3.4% in June, which is 146.5 thousand unemployed - a very low figure in Israel. In May there were 150.6 thousand unemployed, which is 3.5% by international definition. At the same time, the employment service today released new data...

As expected, due to the extension of the third closure by another 10 days so far, employers have increased their employees' time off. Data reported this morning (Sunday) by the Employment Service show that 5,560 new jobseekers were registered over the weekend. Since the beginning of the third closure, a total of 150,159 new job seekers have been registered, of whom 89,000 have been registered since the closure was tightened. The data also show that 121,291 jobseekers were taken on unpaid leave and their rate is about 80.8% of all new unemployed, while 28,868 of them were fired or resigned