Tag: Unemployment
Unemployment rate in Jewish state hits 50-year low
The unemployment rate in Israel dropped to 2.9% in the first half of April from 3.7% in March.
According to a report in the Israeli business daily Globes, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports a 50-year-low...
Retail stores in Israel start to open, despite government coronavirus restrictions
Some large retail merchandise chains and small shops in Israel are defying the government restrictions and opening their doors in protest against the government’s lockdown, which, like so many other nations worldwide, has been...
Israeli Cabinet moves ahead with $1.9 billion COVID-19 stimulus plan
Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a NIS 6.5 billion ($1.9 billion) plan to grant nearly every Israeli citizen a one-time cash payment to help stimulate the country’s struggling economy, which has been hit hard...
Edelstein: Israel will likely have to initiate a full lockdown next week
In a tense meeting of top officials on Tuesday, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said that unless the country’s COVID-19 numbers don’t change within the next three days, “there would be no option but...
Israel extends emergency coronavirus regulations for 45 days
Israel’s Knesset voted on Tuesday to extend emergency regulations aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.
Lawmakers in the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee extended the deadline for another 45 days after the original...
21st Israeli dies of COVID-19 as cases reach 5,591; unemployment hits record highs
As Israel saw its 21st coronavirus fatality on Wednesday and confirmed infections in the country hit 5,591, the Israel National Employment Service (INES) announced that the number of unemployment claimants has exceeded 1 million...
Israeli unemployment rate soars to 18.6 percent; official calls for total lockdown
The unemployment rate in Israel reached 18.6 percent on Tuesday with 91 percent of those now out of work being put on unpaid leave as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The nation’s unemployment rate...
Coronavirus causes a surge of unemployment in Israel
More than 100,000 Israelis have been laid off and are eligible for unemployment benefits as a result of the economic situation in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
In a seven-hour period on Wednesday, 28,000...