Kav LaOved Association (R.A.)

Kav LaOved (The Worker’s Hotline) is an Israeli nonprofit organization committed to the defense of workers’
rights in line with Israeli laws and international standards. Since its establishment in 1991, Kav LaOved has
supported the most disadvantaged populations in the Israeli labor market irrespective of nationality, religion,
gender, and legal status. We assist low-income Israelis, Palestinians, migrant workers, and refugees and asylum
seekers.
KLO’s work is firmly grounded in its history as a grassroots organization. We keep our administrative costs low
and channel funding toward programming to help those we serve. KLO employs a staff of 15 individuals and
engages over 50 trained volunteers in our work. The organization is governed by a seven-member board of
directors which meets regularly to assess overall organizational functioning and strategic planning.

KLO engages all levels of society - from the community to the High Court - to protect workers’ rights. At the
grassroots level, we distribute information about workers’ rights and offer individual assistance to thousands of
workers who need support advocating for and attaining their rights. We also monitor and track work accidents
across all labor market sectors. This grassroots work captures emerging trends in labor rights violations by
employers, state failures in the implementation and enforcement of current laws as well as gaps in the overall
worker protection framework. Our systems-level advocacy in turn improves state enforcement of current laws and
promotes needed changes in the overarching legal, policy and regulatory framework of the labor market. Once
new policies or laws are adopted, KLO again has a comprehensive “feedback loop” through our grassroots work
to monitor and evaluate an initiative’s effectiveness and push for further reform as needed.