Moshe Barda 30/01/2021 15:08
Heichal Shlomo (Yaniv Gonen)
After sending a letter claiming that Hapoel Tel Aviv had withheld their salaries and in addition did not set aside pension provisions, four coaches filed a lawsuit against the club in the cumulative amount of more than NIS 300,000 to the Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court, through attorney Assaf Masada, before Helena’s compensation And / or linkage and interest differentials. All this while three of the four coaches are still working at the club. Behind the lawsuit is the Basketball Coaches Association.
Ron Rubin, who was employed by the club from September 2014 until June 2020, his claim from the group according to the statement of claim submitted concerns benefits and compensation provisions: “In accordance with the law, the defendant had to make provisions for benefits and compensation “1957, at a rate of 12.5% of his salary. No provisions were made for the plaintiff, either during the periods in which he was identified as an ’employee’ or in the period in which he was identified as ‘self-employed’.”
Additional clauses that arise from the letter of claim relate to unlawful deductions, failure to notify the employee, participation in travel expenses, vacation redemption, convalescence fees and compensation under Amendment 24 for failure to provide pay slips, failure to specify the plaintiff’s employment pattern and more. The summary section in Ron Rubin’s case reads: “From the file above, a picture emerges of an invalid and abusive transaction, which the Honorable Court is asked to send a clear and firm message to an unfair employer in particular, and to unjust employers in general, regarding their obligations. If desired, the Honorable Court is requested to charge the defendant a sum of NIS 129,097 plus interest withholding of wages and / or linkage differences and interest, all in accordance with the component and the relief sought. “
Robin further states in his lawsuit that: “The defendant’s website states, as if in a mocking manner, that ‘the association has become a household name in Israeli sports as an example of accepting responsibility and a possible change in the management culture of sports in Israel.’
Another plaintiff is Gal Ivmar, who filed a lawsuit against the club for NIS 74,959, and it is filed as stated in the letter of claim for withholding of wages, provisions for benefits and compensation, illegal deductions when this section states, among other things: “Also, from 08/2019 the defendant increased And deducted sums from the plaintiff, for an “employee portion” of the benefits and slipped them into his pocket – total NIS 7,368. In the past, it has been ruled that this conduct is theft, literally, and constitutes a criminal offense for corporate officers, and makes it possible to raise a curtain in front of the owners and licensees of the association. Due to the fact that the cause of action for the lack of provisions also includes the part of the employee who was deducted, this chapter will include only the employee’s rights to deductions for social security and health tax. ” Additional sections in respect of which the claim was filed relate to the section notice to the employee, violation of Amendment 24 to the Wage Protection Law, convalescence fees and travel.
The third plaintiff is Idan Katzir, whose claim against the club is NIS 97,443, and was filed as stated in the letter of claim for wage withholding compensation, provisions for provident funds, illegal deductions, failure to notify the employee, participation in travel expenses, convalescence fees and compensation under the provisions of Amendment 24. Claimed for “failure to deliver 29 pay slips”.
The fourth plaintiff against Hapoel Tel Aviv, AG, who because of his position in the army asked not to be named, even though he sells, is suing the club for NIS 33,490 and as the letter of claim shows, the clauses for which Hapoel Tel Aviv is defendant relate to wage withholding, participation in travel expenses, and compensation. By virtue of the provisions of Amendment 24.
Basketball Coaches Organization: “Economic harm to a coach is against the law”
The management of the Basketball Coaches ‘Association responded: “We have been aware of the morale of payments at Hapoel Tel Aviv for a long time. The organization, through the law firm of Masada Cohen & Co., represents the coaches who chose to complain in this case of serious financial violation of workers’ rights.
Unfortunately, in the current case and in many cases clubs prefer to replace another foreigner and another foreigner in the alumni group instead of paying a salary to an employee in a club that educates and raises their future generation. There are coaches in the youth departments who, for fear of being harmed in the future in the current or other workplace, are afraid to complain and this should not be the case.
Usually the injury is to the coaches who work with the young ages and unfortunately quite a few of the clubs work in a successful method and pay social conditions only to those who complain, in other cases do not pay salaries to coaches for many months. The organization is behind every coach whose rights and conditions are violated, the coach is an educational and professional figure who is responsible for shaping the players of the future generation of Israeli basketball and Israeli society and should be treated with the respect he deserves.
We call on the bodies that handle Israeli basketball to make it clear to clubs in Israel that financial harm to a coach is a violation of the law that will not be accepted and a club that does not honor agreements will not be able to be part of basketball in Israel.
Hapoel Tel Aviv: “Standing behind our excellent coaches”
“We confirm that the four coaches in question have filed a lawsuit against the club. In the past year we have worked hard to meet our ongoing commitments despite the corona plague, which severely damaged the youth department that was shut down early last year and returned last year to operate only partially and for short periods of time. We stand behind our excellent coaches and as we have proven in the past, this time too we will recover together and resolve all the disputes and gaps as there are any. “
