Shai Kravetzky – Law Firm

Shai Kravetzky - Law Firm is a boutique law firm specializing in collective and individual labor law. It is considered one of the leading firms in the field in the Northern and Western Galilee regions.
The firm has provided professional legal advice to employees and employers nationwide for many years and accompanies its clients in all aspects of the field. The firm operates in light of a deep understanding of the complexity of the field of labor law and from the acknowledgment of the nuances and uniqueness of the field and the rights of employees and employers. The firm’s professional excellence stems from its extensive professional experience, depth of knowledge, and individualized approach, which provide additional value to its clients.
The firm has a professional team with extensive experience in representing and litigation employees and employers in all areas of labor law and the various aspects that accompany employer-employee relations, including representation in judicial tribunals (regional labor courts and the national tribunal); the existence of employer-employee relations; workers’ rights; labor wages and overtime pay; severance pay; deterioration of conditions; rights of pregnant women; representation on frititive committees and disciplinary committees; hearing proceedings; sexual harassment at work; employer exchanges; personnel contractors and service providers; foreign workers and more.
Shai Kravetzky Law Firm provides ongoing counsel to employers from all sectors of the economy, including providing expert opinions in various areas of labor law; accompanying employers during initial organizing and negotiations for the signing of collective agreements; Representation in the Ministry of Economy (various permits, investigations under the Law to Increase Enforcement, etc.), giving lectures to employees and managers on various issues in labor law.
Based on the firm’s values, it offers professional, accurate, comprehensive, and efficient legal service and ongoing advice, training, and protection to all of its clients.

Areas of expertise

Personal Labor Law and Employee Rights

The firm has expertise in representing employees in a variety of issues, such as representation in hearings, representation in claims to obtain rights from the labor court, representation of managers and/or employees in claims for sexual harassment at work, representation in disciplinary proceedings, wage claims, withholding of wages, work on rest days, debt to the pension funds, deductions from wages, overtime, recovery, vacation, holidays, holiday pay, severance pay, unlawful dismissal, withholding of severance pay, worsening of conditions, restriction of freedom of occupation and non-competition, recognition of employer-employee relations, rights calculations, equal rights for people with disabilities, discrimination due to sex and dismissal due to reserve service, wages and social conditions in accordance with collective agreements and the various expansion orders in the economy. In addition, the firm accompanies and represents its clients in legal proceedings in the labor courts throughout the country, arbitrations and mediations, provides expert opinions regarding labor and wage law issues, and specializes in procedures to cancel layoffs and submit restraining orders.
The firm handles company liquidations and employee representation in debt claims as part of the liquidation procedures. The firm also provides representation in workplace disciplinary procedures and represents employees and employers in hearing procedures.

Legal Representation of Companies and Employers

The firm specializes in providing comprehensive legal representation and support for employers in the field of labor law, including offering ongoing advice to employers from all sectors of the economy while formulating strategic recommendations in the field of labor law to maintain normal working relationships, drawing up employment agreements, hiring and terminating employees, providing ongoing advice during the work period, management of litigation cases in the Regional Labor Courts throughout the country and in the National Labour Court, drafting expert opinions in the fields of labor law, accompanying employers during the initial organization and conducting negotiations for the signing of collective agreements, representation in proceedings before the Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Services, including requests for various permits, accompanying and representing employers in audits under the law to increase enforcement, drafting engagement agreements with recruiting companies and service providers, and accompanies reorganization processes, including downsizing, privatization, and rehabilitation processes.

Drafting Agreements in the Field of Labor Law

The firm provides legal services, including drafting personal employment agreements, consulting before signing an employment agreement, drafting confidentiality agreements, drafting non-competition agreements, drafting waiver forms, and managing claims for breach of an employment contract.

Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Work

The firm handles and represents its clients in sexual harassment claims at work, representation of employees suspected of sexual harassment, and advice to employers and companies regarding their obligations to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The office also provides the services of an external supervisor in investigation procedures for complaints submitted according to the law for the prevention of sexual harassment.

Giving Back to the Community

In order to give back to the community, Shai Kravetzky Law Firm accepts pro bono legal representation for underprivileged employees whose rights have been violated extremely and outrageously. As part of his pro bono activities, attorney Shai Kravetzky lectures before various legal associations in the field of labor law.

Adv. Shai Kravetzky, Founder

One of Israel’s most respected labor law attorneys, Attorney Shai Kravetzky, founded Shai Kravetzky Law Firm in 2014. It is considered one of the premier boutique law offices in the labor law field. Attorney Shai Kravetzky serves as a certified mediator. In addition, Attorney Kravetzky serves as the vice-chairman of the Labor Law Forum in the Haifa District Bar Association and is a member of the Israeli Association for Labor Law and Social Security.
In addition, Attorney Kravetzky lectures in the field of labor law at seminars, professional training, legal courses, and conferences.