Workers

Netflix layoffs: Around 1,000 employees to lose their jobs

To tackle the lack of mega-hits and competition from the big screen, the company will expand its operations into sports broadcasting and begin releasing movies in theaters.

Netflix.
This photograph shows a plane of Israel's El Al Israel Airlines connected to an airbridge at Roissy Charles de Gaulle (CDG) International airport Terminal 2, on the outskirts of Paris, on May 12, 2025; Illustrative.

Paris cargo workers refuse to load Elbit shipment onto El Al flight bound for Israel

The next roles.

Uber to lay off thousands of workers and force remaining staff back to office

A Boeing 737 (OO-TNB) from TUI fly Belgium is landing in Brussels-National Airport on July 3, 2026 in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium.

Brussels Airlines workers threaten strike over flights to Israel, union cites ethical objections


The tech industry no longer provides a safety net: Workers are looking for one elsewhere - opinion

If there is one conclusion to draw from the past year, it is that flexible work is no longer a niche solution for students or merely a way to supplement income.

Israeli Tech

AI spending spree hits $600b as Oracle fires 21,000 employees to fund boom

Oracle laid off ~13% of its staff to fund a $300B computing deal with OpenAI. Now, a credit downgrade and $7B in required power grid guarantees put the massive project in jeopardy.

Larry Ellison, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oracle

Relocate or resign: Samsung gives hundreds of US employees an ultimatum

Samsung is relocating its US headquarters from New Jersey to Texas, requiring hundreds of employees to either move more than 2,000 kilometers with the company or leave their jobs.

Samsung

Thousands of Google employees demand fair layoffs

Over 4,500 Google employees signed a petition against the wave of cuts, demanding a more predictable and fair termination process.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai

These are the big winners from the shortening of the workweek, and these are those who are harmed

A comprehensive study by the Finance Ministry, the Histadrut, and the Joint examined the effects of transitioning to 40 weekly hours in the public sector.

A comprehensive study by the Finance Ministry, the Histadrut, and the Joint examined the effects of transitioning to 40 weekly hours in the public sector

In Europe, employers will be required to disclose salaries right at the start of recruitment

A new policy in Europe requires employers to provide candidates with a starting salary or a salary range right at the beginning of the recruitment process.

Illustration: A telephone interview for the purpose of job recruitment

Sanctions at ILA Haifa: Public reception has been suspended

A year after Haifa's Sail Tower was struck by an Iranian missile and staff relocated, the Finance Ministry cancelled their half-hour adaptation period.

The Sail Tower before the missile strike

After Wix: Elementor fires about 30% of its employees

Only a month after the massive cuts at Wix, the website development company Elementor joins the wave and will part ways with about 100 employees.

Another website development company is laying off employees

Employee fired after 7 years for taking home two board games

The court ordered the reinstatement of an employee who was fired under the claim that he stole two board games from the company, which he found in the restroom and the kitchenette.

Monopoly

A company sued an employee claiming industrial espionage and fictitious sick days

The employee claimed that his wages were withheld and that he was fired via a WhatsApp message.

A company sued an employee for NIS 600 thousand claiming industrial espionage and fictitious sick days