A company that was engaged on behalf of the state in providing evacuation services to a hotel for coronavirus patients during the pandemic refused to evacuate a sick woman, claiming that her clothing was not modest enough.
The court accepted the woman’s claim for sexual harassment and prohibited discrimination. The law states that a public service provider shall not discriminate in the provision of this service on the basis of race, religion, nationality, country of origin, sex, or sexual orientation. Sexual harassment is defined as derogatory or humiliating treatment directed at a person in relation to their sex or sexuality. Here, the ambulance driver refused to evacuate the sick woman for medical evacuation while demanding that she change her clothes because in his opinion her clothing was not modest enough, when the demand was made on the street over a loudspeaker in a manner that humiliated the woman. In light of the above, the company was ordered to compensate the woman.
Published in Legal Channel 433 19.02.2025 Afik & Co. https://he.afiklaw.com/
To read the verdict , cell (street) 66274-11-20 Chen Ohana v. Alpha Ambulance Ltd.
