The war has a great impact on the economy in Israel, and today, data is published according to which 80,000 people have been left unemployed since the beginning of the war. The State Audit Committee, headed by MK Miki Levy, discussed the government's treatment of the unemployed following the war. The discussion dealt with the conclusions that emerged from the auditor's special report on the subject of the State of Israel's handling of the Corona crisis. Miki Levy called for a solution: "The unpaid-leave model in the Covid times has left people out of the workforce. We must not go back to this even now"
The chairman of the committee, MK Miki Levy, said that the implementation of the report at this time has broad consequences for the economy, that unemployment rates will not soar, and God forbid, to the point of significant damage to economic instability. Referring to the issue of compensation now for the unemployed, he said: "During the Corona period, we experienced an employment crisis And hundreds of thousands of workers went on unpaid leave or were fired from their jobs.
The Knesset member continued: "We are not in these quantities at the moment, but we can learn from the report and the Corona period. During Corona, we did not retain employees, and the result that happened after is that until today the market is thirsty for employees.
I believe that the funds should be transferred directly to the employer because afterwards there is someone to deal with since he has a lot of obligations to continue. If we were to pay the employer directly for the employees who went on unemployment, there would be an interest in returning the employees to their workplace. You have to think outside the box about a model that is a step above the German model."
In the Covid period they worked separately now there is employment's War Room
Kobi Halperin, VP of Clients at the Employment Service said in the discussion: "During the Corona period, there were 10 times more job seekers than now. In October, we contacted 150,000 people to optimize the systems and understand where they are located. 27 thousand people did not answer us. And we're trying to know how to contact them after we've done it with advanced tools three times.
Halperin favorably noted the joint employment commission that has been operating since the outbreak of the war, "During the Corona period, all the bodies worked separately in a prominent way, on the other hand, today there is an employment commission that is managed by the Ministry of Economy together with Home Front Command and under it are the other relevant ministries.
Everyone has access to jobs, and the jobs are distributed. Today there is a real ongoing attempt between the bodies to synchronize information. We are constantly improving the lists of people who have returned to work. Through the joint War Room, we were able to recruit truck drivers who were needed for an emergency."