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Employers cheating a third of workers of Shabbat overtime By Haim Bior Tags: Employment, Shabbat In "Alice in Wonderland" the Red Queen says: You must run as fast as you can to stay in the same place. Apparently that is true for a lot of workers in Israel. About 327,000 workers, 15% of all salaried employees in Israel, work on their day of rest, according to a study conducted by the Industry, Trade, and Labor Ministry's Research and Economics Administration. The ministry and the Histadrut labor federation say that 30% of these workers are not paid the higher wage to which they are entitled for such work. Nearly 60% of all salary earners who work on their day of rest say they are allowed no alternative day off, as required by law. A small minority, 9%, reported that they received alternative days of rest, but not regularly. The percentage of workers employed on days of rest is higher in the private-business sector (20%) than the civil sector (14%). Advertisement The study found that agents, sales personnel and service workers in various industries like tourism, entertainment and the food industry are employed more often on their day of rest than other workers. Those on the job in industrial factories, both professional and non-professional, are also more likely on average (19%) to be at work on their day of rest. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Double agent U.S. arrests American over suspected nuclear espionage for Israel. Conspiracy theory Al-Qaida: Hezbollah started rumor that Israel planned 9/11

Read & React American suspected of giving nuclear secrets to Israel Responses: 206 Study: Muslim anti-Semitism is strategic danger for Israel Responses: 349 Israel to compensate family of British filmmaker killed by IDF Responses: 132 Clinton: If Tehran nukes Israel, U.S. could 'obliterate' Iran Responses: 185 Bradley Burston: For our worst enemy, Hamas, just 2 words Responses: 125 More Headlines 23:22 U.S. arrests American over suspected nuclear espionage for Israel 22:54 ANALYSIS: New espionage affair may be old story, but will greatly damage Israel 23:04 Qassam rocket slams into Sderot home; residents suffer shock 16:36 Israeli think tank: Muslim anti-Semitism is strategic danger for Israel 18:17 Hamas: We'll give final response to truce proposal on Thursday 19:41 Qaida No. 2: Hezbollah started rumor that Israel planned 9/11 01:38 Police: J'lem thieves profit from foreign residents' empty homes 01:40 Barbra Streisand pulls out of Israel 60th anniversary jubilee 20:21 Filming begins in Vienna for tongue-in-cheek Hitler biopic 22:33 U.S. dispatching top envoy to work with Blair on aiding Palestinians 17:47 Clinton: If Tehran nukes Israel, U.S. could 'totally obliterate' Iran 21:47 Thousands of Haredim protest against chametz sale ruling in Jerusalem 17:03 12-year-old boy who was buried alive saves 5 people in death Previous Editions Select Day 22 apr 21 apr 20 apr 18 apr 17 apr 16 apr 15 apr 14 apr 13 apr 11 apr 10 apr 09 apr

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