Harel Insurance’s Valuable 500 Commitment:
Since its inception, Harel Insurance and Finance Group has, as part of its world view, championed inclusiveness and the acceptance of all members of society as equals.,. We are committed to continuing to promote equality of rights and employment for people with disabilities. In this context, Harel appointed a full-time accessibility coordinator, who together with other professional entities within the company are responsible for implementing the accessibility program in accordance with regulatory requirements, assisted by professional advisors and Access Israel, and based on accessibility studies and the mapping of gaps and deficiencies.
We undertake to continue to operate in a broad range of areas, as we have until now. Accordingly, Harel contributes to populations coping with emotional, sensory and physical disabilities and Harel employees also volunteer with these populations.
Additionally, Harel endeavors to promote the marketing of special insurance policies such professional liability policies for service access officers and overseas travel insurance which covers medical devices such as wheelchairs and prostheses in the event of loss or theft.
Over the past few years, the Group has organized workshops on sign language and held accessibility training sessions for its employees which address four categories of disability, so as to enable more courteous and respectful communications both on and off the Company’s premises.
Harel employs workers with disabilities in all its areas of activity and regardless of the disability. For example, there are several projects which encourage equality of employment: (1) A project for the integration of people with Asperger’s syndrome; (2) A project run in coordination with Call Yachol (CY) [an employment agency that places people with disabilities in a regular business environment] in which more than half of the managers and employees suffer from a disability and are from disadvantaged populations, and through which Harel has hired 50 employees.
