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NEWS
Court Upholds Indictment Against Home Center for Operating
on Shabbos
By Betzalel Kahn
The Tel Aviv Area Labor Court rejected a request by Home
Center to annul the indictment filed against the hardware
chain for employing Jewish workers at its Herzliya branch in
violation of the Work and Rest Hours Law. Home Center claimed
that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry singled it out
while refraining from issuing reports and indictments against
similar businesses, particularly cellular companies, computer
stores and the shops at Ben Gurion Airport. At Ben Gurion the
State even issued a tender for concessions that required
winners to keep their stores open on Shabbos.
Nevertheless the Labor Court found that the evidence of
alleged discrimination Home Center presented was
insufficient, saying nobody compelled the chain to operate on
Shabbos or to employ Jewish workers. The development could
set a precedent for other court decisions backing the Work
and Rest Hours Law.
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