The employees are asking for police protection and pay rises.
Sources inform ''Globes'' that the chairman of the income tax division worker's committee at the Israel Tax Authority, Nahum Friedlov, has instructed investigators in his unit not to cooperate with the police on inquiries requiring cooperation between the two authorities. The investigators are demanding police protection and pay rises.
A spokesperson for the Israel Tax Authority said, "This is a labor dispute which is the authority is handling in cooperation with the Finance Ministry and the relevant authorities with a view to resolving the issue quickly."
Friedlov's directive follows his previous instruction to staff not to handle cases related to crime families, until the completion of the negotiations between the Finance Ministry and the Income Tax Division management on the demand by investigators for physical protection and proper remuneration for the risks they face. Friedlov noted that a large number of the cases jointly investigated by police and income tax investigators concern the activities of crime families, and these cases put the workers handling them at risk.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 17, 2008
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