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Law Firms - Labor Law
Tamar Golan & Co. Law Firm
Tamar Golan & Co. is one of the leading
law firms in Israel in the field of labor re-
lations and labor laws in Israel. The Firm
is a boutique law firm that specializes and deals
exclusively in its field of expertise and accompanies
its clients in all matters in the field of labor laws
and tangential aspects of jurisprudence. The Firm
employs 12 attorneys and provides litigation and
consultation services.
The Firm representsmainly some of the largest and
foremost employers and organizations in the pub-
lic and business sector in Israel: statutory bodies,
government-owned companies, organizations in
the health, industrial, food, hi-tech, real-estate,
investments, education and tourism industries.
Adv. Tamar Golan – the Founder of the Firm
Adv. Tamar Golan graduated law school at the He-
brew University of Jerusalem, and was accepted to
the Bar in 1970. Tamar Golan worked as an attorney
at the firm of the late Judge Menachem Goldberg,
the President (Ret.) of the National Labor Court.
She worked as a registrar at the Tel Aviv District
Labor Court from 1980 to 1983. She founded and
established the Firm in 1984.
The Firm’s Areas of Expertise
Collective Labor Law– The Firmadvises employers
in all matters related to dealing with labor unions
- negotiations vis-à-vis collective bargaining agree-
ments at the factory and industry levels, day-to
day issues, wage and pension agreements, etc.
Likewise, the Firmadvises employers in all matters
regarding the first stages of unionization, and was
privy to precedential legislation in this domain. The
Firm deals in labor disputes, strikes, shut downs,
downsizing and streamlining processes, internal
labor regulations and / or procedures. The Firm
has taken an active part in principal arbitration pro-
cesses and labor disputes in the Public Sector.
The Individual Labor Law – The Firm accompanies
employers and advices them how to act in order
to remain within the confines of the labor law. The
objective is to assist the employer to avoid litigation
and to equip the employer with the best possible
defense. As part of providing ongoing counseling,
the Firm also handles hearing and termination
processes, employment agreements and other
labor-law related contracts and any other day to
day employment related issues. The Firm also ac-
companies senior employees and provides coun-
seling in all matters of employment contracts and
various aspects thereof, including options, grants,
shares, bonuses, retirement terms, etc.
Pension – Over the years, the subject of pension
has become a complex issue, mainly in light of the
many reforms enacted in this domain and which
are likely to be enacted in the future. The Firm is
particularly proficient and highly experienced in
the field of pensions and pension insurance and
conducting negotiations between pension funds,
employers and employees.
Sexual Harassment – The subject of sexual harass-
ment has become an integral part of labor relations
in every work place. The Firm is highly experienced
in handling such cases related to and resulting from
complaints of sexual harassment. The Firm coun-
sels employers in all matters of the Prevention of
Sexual Harassment Law and the implementation
thereof, as well as representing all aspects of the
subject in all legal instances.
Restrictive Practices – The desire and the need to
protect the secrets of a business gave birth to the
aspiration to limit the occupation of employees
after the end of their employment. This topic has
undergone a revolution over the past few years,
with the judicial system, in the form of its various
verdicts, balancing between the right to freedom
of employment and the right of the business to
protect their trade secrets. The Firmhas experience
and expertise in this field.
Shareholder Substitution, Sales of Companies /
Businesses, Mergers of Companies / Businesses –
In cases of ownership changes, sale of companies/
businesses andmergers, questions arise –what are
the rights of the employees in those events. The
Firm accompanies various business enterprises
throughout this process. As such, the firm was a
part of significant legal precedents in this field.
Contractual Association with Service Providers –
The Firm has expertise and experience dealing
with relations between Organizations and service
providers. The Firm was involved in an important
and precedential case-law in this field, wherein the
Supreme Court, inter alia, ruled that distribution
rights are not essentially property rights and are
to be classified as a contractual rights that is not
eternally in force, and that a business has the right
to terminate such, despite the fact that such a right
was not set in the contractual association agree-
ment drawn up between the parties. The Supreme
Court also ruled, that a service provider has a right
to a prior notice upon termination.
Manpower Contractors and Outsourcing:
Manpower Contractors – The relations between
the contractor, the employees and the entities who
hire the services have raised quite a number of
problems. In their verdicts, the labor Courts placed
utmost importance on the protection of employee’s
rights.
Outsourcing – Outsourcing is a commonplace prac-
tice, which has significant ramifications on the or-
ganization obtaining the services via outsourcing.
The most crucial question is how to determine the
identity of the true employee, and who bears the
responsibility toward the outsourced employees.
The Firm deals with all the issues resulting from
employing workers through manpower contrac-
tors, outsourcing and the various types of service
contractors.
Representation in Legal Actions Vis-à-vis theMin-
istry of Economics – As part of the labor law, there
are designated protective laws, such as the Wage
Protection Law, the Hours of Work and Rest Law,
and the Enhancing Enforcement of Labor laws. The
authority to enforce the protective laws was granted
to the Ministry of Economics (MoE).
The enforcement system includes: Interrogation
by the MoE, which may result in administrative
financial sanctions or indictments against the or-
ganization and/or functionaries personally, which
may result in legal sanctions such as a conviction
and a fine. The Firm represents employers in all of
the phases of those proceedings and provides as-
sistance in obtaining permits allowing employers
to employ anomalously to the various protection
laws.
Esta b l i s h e d
1984
L i n e o f B u s i ness
Labor Law
Adv. Guy Golan
Partner
Adv. Keren Blum-
Barkin
Partner
Adv. Galit Golan-
Rotem
Partner
Adv. Tamar Golan
Founder of the Firm *
Bet Gibor Sport, 7 Menachem Begin Rd.,
Ramat Gan
Tel: 972-3-7755100
Fax: 972-3-7755101
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582