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Lawyer Who Declared Herself Fired in Email Loses Severance Case
A Tel Aviv Labor Court ruled that a lawyer, Nurit Haravest, effectively resigned when she sent an email stating her employer's silence constituted a dismissal. Although she continued working and receiving salary for months after the email, the court found she did not explicitly retract her resignation.
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What happened
- 01Lawyer Nurit Haravest was deemed to have resigned by a labor court after an email stating her employer's silence was a dismissal.
- 02The court denied Haravest's claim for severance pay, citing her failure to retract her resignation explicitly.
- 03Haravest will receive approximately NIS 33,170 from her former employer, Chai Bar-El, for unpaid wages and vacation.
- 04The court rejected Bar-El's claim that Haravest worked less than 5% of the time.
- 05Haravest continued working and receiving salary for months after sending the email.
- 06The court noted Haravest's expertise in labor law as a factor in its decision.
While denying her claim for severance pay, the court ordered her former employer, Chai Bar-El, to pay her approximately NIS 33,170 for unpaid wages, vacation days, and other entitlements. The court also rejected Bar-El's claims that Haravest worked minimal hours.
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