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ARTICLE · 07 FEBRUARY 2018

Ruling Update: Inherent Discrimination In Creating A Model For Outstanding Employees Who Dedicate Their Lives To The Workplace With No External Commitments.

In terms of denouncing such statement and transferring the onus to the company to prove that its decision was not based on prohibited considerations, the judgement was predictable.

IsraelEmployment and HR

Pursuant Labor Appeal 16136-05-15 M. Dizengoff & Co. (Club Representatives) Ltd. Versus Naomi Moshkovitz Skoretky 

The facts in the case in reference were clear and simple. A religious mother of two children, applied for the position as a lawyer in the claims department of a company described as representing international boating insurance clubs. The company conducted three interviews with the candidate, during which the company representative asked and grilled the candidate on the challenge she would encounter in concurrently coping with a demanding job and child-raising as well as about her future family plans. The employer was quoted as having said, inter alia: "How many children do you intend to have?", "I don't see how a mother of 5 or 9 children will be able to manage"... "Ultra-religious mothers have no special privileges for having many children", "I have to know that you can travel [long distances] without worrying about picking up your children from

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