Orna Shmaryahu, Law Firm & Notary

Orna Shmaryahu Law Office is a leading boutique law office specializing in labor law for over 16 years.
The office represents employees, providing its clients with comprehensive legal services, including representation and handling of legal proceedings in the labor courts, drafting employment agreements, handling disputes both at the individual and collective level, drafting legal opinions, and mediation procedures. Additionally, the office handles workers’ rights and the extension of the protected period against dismissal for reservists following the “Iron Swords” war.
Adv. Shmaryahu, the founder and owner of the firm, has 23 years of professional experience representing employees in the courts. In addition to her professional knowledge and extensive experience gained from her position as the secretary of a trade union in the Clerk’s Union (Histadrut) of Tel Aviv-Yafo region, a position she held for about 7 years. Her many years of professional experience bring significant and unique value to the office’s clients, implementing the rich knowledge she has gained in each case she handles.
Orna Shmaryahu Law Office offers first-rate legal services in all matters related to labor law, workers’ rights, women’s labor law, minimum wage, employee-employer relations, working hours law, severance pay, sick leave payment, sexual harassment at work, dismissal of pregnant women, and any other case relating to labor law, while emphasizing personal, dedicated, professional, and thorough service.

Adv. Orna Shmaryahu - Founder and Owner

Advocate Orna Shmaryahu has specialized in labor law for over 24 years, both in the public and private sectors. Adv. Shmaryahu is also a senior payroll accountant and considering her extensive professional experience, which includes her role as the trade union’s secretary in the Tel Aviv-Yafo region, advocate Shmaryahu established the office to provide an all-inclusive response to both employers and employees. Furthermore, the office is trusted to provide ongoing professional advice to companies in various sectors.
Adv. Shmaryahu serves as a member of the Labor Law Committee at the Israel Bar Association and was elected as Chairperson of Labor Law in the Central District. Advocate Shmaryahu has written numerous articles, some on resignation after childbirth, continuing work after retirement age, extending the protected period from dismissal for reservists following the “Iron Swords” war, deteriorating working conditions, discrimination against women in the labor market, resigning to care for a child, and defamation, among others.

Office Specializations

Orna Shmaryahu Law Office provides its clients with leading legal services and complete solutions in the field of labor law. The office offers ongoing legal consultation in labor law, ongoing legal advice, and representation in labor court proceedings, drafting employment agreements, and representation and handling of pre-dismissal hearings. The office also provides mediation services, legal opinions, and deals with collective labor disputes.
Orna Shmaryahu Law Firm also offers comprehensive notarial services, including signature verification, editing, and approval of powers of attorney, granting certification of a true copy of the original, notarial translation, drafting a notarial will, , notarial affidavit, and approval of taking a minor abroad.
The office boasts a wide range of court rulings obtained through labor law trial cases, employee rights, workplace harassment, women’s rights in fertility treatment processes, rights of pregnant women, and more. In one case an employer dismissed a pregnant worker and was made to pay her financial compensation when the office proved that she was illegally dismissed. Recently, the Regional Labor Court ruled in favor of the employee who worked only for 14 months, awarding compensation of 150% from the day of dismissal until birth, plus an additional 150% compensation for the protected period after birth. Additionally, the court awarded the client of the office 40,000 Nis for wrongful dismissal and another 10,000 Nis for legal expenses.
In another case where the office represented a new pregnant employee who was hired as an accountant manager, the Regional Labor Court ruled in favor of the employee, considering pregnancy as a significant factor in the decision to dismiss the employee and the timing of the dismissal before six months of employment. Accordingly, the claim was partially accepted: the employer was ordered to pay the employee compensation equivalent to her salary until the birth date and an additional amount of 95,000 within 60 days after maternity leave, as well as compensation without proof of damages totaling 10,000 Nis.
In addition, the Ministry of Education was obligated to compensate for the wrongful dismissal of a kindergarten teacher who was terminated in pedagogical layoffs. She was awarded a total of 180,000Nis plus 20,000Nis legal fees. Another teacher who was dismissed prior to receiving tenure, was granted tenure by the Ministry of Education. With the assistance of her attorney, Orna Shmaryahu the court determined that the proceedings against her stemmed from extraneous considerations.