The main problem regarding employment of asylum seekers and refugees is the lack of work permits. The complex legal status of refugees defacto creates a new group of “foreign workers” which is not subject to existing regulations of employment of migrant workers in Israel...Due to lack of adequate legislation for refugees, the situation on the ground gives employers various excuses to avoid compensating social rights...[M]any employers perceive refugees as illegal workers and arbitrarily determine which state laws apply to them and which do not...The link in the Israeli legal system between health insurance and employment creates a problematic situation that prevents many refugees from getting access to medical care...In 2012, 15 women appealed to Kav LaOved after getting laid off during their pregnancies...