"Workers should be allowed to earn overtime if they wish to, " she said, warning that scrapping the opt-out could push people into illegal and potentially hazardouswork.
Unlike teen retail and service workers, agricultural laborers 16 and older are permitted to operate hazardous machinery and to work even during school hours.
Assuming the government does not bend to populist pressure and take economically hazardous steps like reducing the work week to four days, Israel's economy is likely to remain one of the country's most valuable strategic assets.