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Reporting Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment and related misconduct violate human dignity, personal freedom, privacy, and gender equality, and are prohibited by law. The duty to act to prevent sexual harassment applies not only in the context of employment relationships but also in all interactions between caregivers and patients. Therefore, Leumit, serving over 700,000 members, is committed to maintaining a respectful environment free from harassment.

A woman measures a patient's blood

What Is Sexual Harassment?

Sexual harassment can occur from both men and women toward men or women. The Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law defines sexual harassment as any of the following behaviors:

  1. Coercion through threats, when the act a person is required to perform has a sexual nature.
  2. Offensive actions.
  3. Repeated and insistent proposals with a sexual nature directed at a person who made it clear that they are not interested.
  4. Repeated behaviors directed at a person focusing on their sexuality, and that person has made it clear that they are not interested.
  5. Demeaning or degrading treatment of a person based on their gender or sexuality, including their sexual orientation.
  6. Publication of a sexual image, film, or recording without the person's consent or under circumstances that may humiliate or degrade them.


Regarding proposals or behaviors outlined in sections 3-4, it is considered sexual harassment even if the harassed person did not make it clear that they are not interested when:

  • The person is a patient within the framework of medical treatment, and their dependency on the caregiver is exploited.
  • The person is an employee, and the behavior is based on their employment or service.

Your Rights during a Medical Examination


An information sheet for undergoing tests that involve invading privacy (from the Director-General of the Ministry of Health, dated November 29, 2021, regarding "Handling Complaints Following Harm or Sexual Harassment During Medical Treatment from November 29, 2021").

If you believe you have been harassed by one of Leumit's employees or providers on behalf of Leumit, please contact the preventing sexual harassment official to file a complaint and obtain information:
Attorney Yael Navon
Prevention of Sexual Harassment Officer
Leumit Health Services
Phone: 03-6949676
Email: hatrada@leumit.co.il

Additionally, complaints about sexual harassment during medical treatment can be submitted to the Ministry of Health by calling 5400* or emailing tlunot.h-m@moh.gov.