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25th Knesset · outgoing

Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law (Amendment No. 16) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק למניעת הטרדה מינית (תיקון מס' 16)

TL;DRA proposal to extend the protection of the sexual harassment and equal opportunity laws to workers employed through service contractors and to also impose liability on the service clients.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law and the Equal Employment Opportunities Law in order to extend their application to employees of service contractors (in the fields of guarding and security and cleaning) employed at the service client. The amendment states that the service client and the service contractor will bear liability parallel to that of direct employers, including a duty to prevent and handle sexual harassment. In preparing for the second and third readings, the Committee on the Status of Women will examine whether to extend the application to additional service providers and contractors.

Became lawFirst plenum vote: July 12, 2023

The votes on this bill

Passed14 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 106 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudFor 6 · Absent 26
ShasFor 1 · Absent 10
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidFor 4 · Absent 20
Ra'amAbsent 5
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.