Pavel Moroz, Law Office and Notary

Pavel Moroz, Law Office and Notary is a boutique firm specializing for over two decades in all aspects of labor law, both in the private and public sectors, emphasizing pensions and rights arising from collective agreements and sectoral expansion orders. The firm also represents employees, and mainly employers, in legal proceedings and before administrative bodies, with individual attention to each case entrusted to it, and advocates different ways of solving each conflict specifically, striving for the client’s satisfaction.
Adv. Pavel Moroz founded the firm in 2000 intending to provide first-class legal services to employees and employers, utilizing the vast experience and in-depth knowledge he has accumulated. The outstanding reputation enjoyed by the firm throughout its 24 years of operation ranks it among the leading law firms in the field of labor law in Israel, attributed to numerous achievements, some are groundbreaking rulings in cases under its management. Its clientele includes leading companies in various sectors of the Israeli economy, in the industry, hospitality, restaurants, event gardens, transportation, and provision of essential services to local authorities, in addition to employees in both the private and public sectors.

Determination, Loyalty, and Uncompromising Professionalism

The firm provides comprehensive legal services, tailored to each client individually, while determinedly striving to achieve its client’s goals. The firm accompanies its clients personally and attentively, with uncompromising loyalty and professionalism, addressing their precise needs. The office team relies on professional handling while maintaining a personal approach until its clients’ objectives are achieved.

Areas of Expertise

Representation of Employers

The firm is entrusted with the representation and diving of companies in various sectors such as commerce, cleaning, and manpower, regarding licensing matters from the Ministry of Economy, with an emphasis on directives of the expansive orders and relevant collective agreements. The firm provides consultation regarding the employment of foreign workers and infiltrators and represents employers in legal proceedings in all courts, including in criminal proceedings at the Labor Court. The firm supports employers in the industrial sector in various branches of industry, including plastics, baking, electricity, and metal, as well as employers in the restaurant industry, event halls, and catering. The firm’s staff is trusted in agreement drafting while emphasizing the uniqueness of the industry and adapting them to the latest rulings, and ongoing preventive counseling and representation in legal proceedings in all courts.
The firm represents employers in the criminal field before government ministries, including the Population and Immigration Authority and the Ministry of the Economy, in charges originating in labor law, and represents in pre-litigation negotiations and during investigations or audits. The firm represents employers in private labor law, trusts in the drafting of employment contracts, ongoing (preventive) professional advice, guidance regarding the employment of foreign workers and infiltrators, accompaniment, and representation in hearing procedures prior to dismissal, and requests for injunctions regarding the restriction of freedom of occupation. Additionally, the office represents requests for restraining orders regarding dismissals and is trusted in managing disciplinary proceedings, representation in discrimination claims, and women’s labor law issues. The office is trusted in formulating regulations to prevent sexual harassment, ongoing legal advice to employers during sexual harassment complaints investigations, and representation in labor court proceedings on all its instances regarding the sexual harassment prevention law.

Employee Representation

The firm is entrusted with the representation of employees in private labor law, regarding individual employment agreements, hearings towards dismissals, and legal representation to assert rights during dismissal proceedings. The office handles requests for orders to prevent layoffs, lawsuits based on discrimination, the Equal Opportunities at Work Law, the Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Law, and the Women’s Labor Law and representation in disciplinary proceedings.
The firm specializes in managing claims against pension funds and provident funds, representing in the labor courts. The firm is entrusted with representing employees in company liquidation and bankruptcy proceedings and submits debt claims and handling the exhaustion of employees’ rights in company liquidation proceedings and employers in insolvency proceedings. The firm provides representation and accompaniment in investigation procedures according to the Law for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment, accompaniment and ongoing legal advice to workers and employees when filing a complaint under the Law for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment and represents its clients in labor courts.

Class Actions

The firm specializes in representing employees and submitting applications for class action requests against major companies in the economy, managing class action proceedings and representing employers in class actions filed against them. The firm represent workers and employers before the Commissioner for Women’s Labor Law, and responsible for submitting applications for granting permits under the Women’s Labor Law, representing female workers in proceedings before the Commissioner for Women’s Labor Law to exhaust their rights against the employer and representing female workers and employers in appeal procedures against the Commissioner’s decision.

Managing Financial Sanctions Proceedings

The office represents employers in administrative enforcement notices and/or imposition of financial sanctions against the Commissioner for Financial Enforcement and handles appeals against the Commissioner’s decision, under the Law to Strengthen Labor Law Enforcement, providing ongoing guidance and advice during the investigation/audit.

Advocate Pavel Moroz - Founder and Owner

Adv. Pavel Moroz has been specializing in labor law and social security for over 25 years, in its various aspects, and managing complex litigation cases before all tribunals in the labor courts, including legal proceedings that led to precedent rulings in the field. Adv. Moroz represents employers in administrative proceedings before the bodies authorized and in civil and criminal proceedings in the labor courts, on all its courts. He also serves as vice-chairman (joint) of the Labor Law Committee at the Bar Association.
Adv Moroz has been a member of the Israel Bar Association since 1995. He Previously served as the legal advisor of the “Kav LaOved” association.