The management of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd., unit Hadera Paper Ltd. has threatened to fire hundreds of tenured and non-tenured employees after talks with the workers committee broke down. The talks took place last week with the mediation of the Ministry of Economy's employment relations department. Management claimed that the workers committee is refusing to lower salaries even though permanent staff benefit from average monthly salary costs of ILS 25,000 while the company lost ILS 60 million in the third quarter of 2013.

Firing those staff without tenure is possible even without consulting with the workers committee, however, the company headed by CEO Ofer Bloch made it clear that it will also demand talks with the workers committee about laying off tenured staff.