Court Orders Companies to Pay Driver Over NIS 600,000 for Underpaid Wages
Translated & summarized from Bizportal by baba
A Tel Aviv labor court ordered two companies to pay former concrete mixer truck driver Zaza Shoval approximately NIS 603,000 for underpaid wages and overtime. The court found his actual net salary was NIS 12,000-13,000 monthly, with part paid in cash, contradicting his official payslips. The ruling also includes payments for per diem, pension, vacation, and exemplary damages for faulty payslips. The companies must also pay NIS 15,000 in legal fees.
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- A Tel Aviv labor court ordered two companies to pay Zaza Shoval NIS 603,000 for underpaid wages and overtime.
- The court ruled Shoval's actual net salary was NIS 12,000-13,000 monthly, with part paid in cash.
- The companies must also pay NIS 86,125 for per diem, NIS 117,070 for pension, and NIS 20,000 for faulty payslips.
- The manager, Yitzhak Arazi, personally paid Shoval NIS 25,000 for pension funds as part of a settlement.
- The court found the companies liable for all wages and benefits from the start of employment.
- The companies were ordered to pay NIS 15,000 in legal fees, with interest from May 2024.
A Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court has ordered two companies to pay a former concrete mixer truck driver, Zaza Shoval, approximately NIS 603,000 in back wages and overtime pay. The court determined on October 6 that Shoval's true net salary was between NIS 12,000 and NIS 13,000 per month, significantly higher than the NIS 6,000 recorded on his payslips. The manager of the companies admitted that a portion of Shoval's salary was paid in cash monthly.
Shoval was employed by Y.A. Erezim, a concrete transport company, from July 2018. In March 2023, his payslips began coming from a different company, Eizik P.P.G. Israel, though his work remained the same: the same truck, location, and deliveries. He sued both companies and their manager, Yitzhak Arazi, personally.
An agreement was reached in June where Arazi would personally pay Shoval NIS 25,000 for pension funds deducted from his salary but not transferred to his account. The personal lawsuit against Arazi was subsequently dismissed on September 22 after the payment was made. The companies, however, were still liable for the remaining claims.
The court based its decision on Shoval's bank statements from 2022 and 2023, which showed higher deposits than his official payslips indicated, and a WhatsApp message from Arazi mentioning bringing him the rest of the payment. While Arazi claimed these were bonuses and that cash payments were at Shoval's request, the court found the evidence sufficient to establish Shoval's claimed salary, part of which was paid in cash and part via payslip.
In addition to back wages and overtime, the companies were ordered to pay NIS 86,125 for per diem expenses (meals), NIS 117,070 for pension contributions, NIS 27,101 for a study fund, NIS 20,800 for vacation days, NIS 5,852 for recuperation pay, NIS 3,700 in wage differences, NIS 20,000 in exemplary damages for faulty payslips, and NIS 5,000 for not receiving notice of employment terms. The companies were also ordered to pay NIS 15,000 in legal fees, with all sums to bear interest from May 2024.
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