Cassation File No.: 235470 | Date: June 7, 2023 G.C.
Appellant: Canon Steward Yosef Abtew
Respondents: 1. Office of the Archdiocese of Addis Ababa 2. Administration Office of Bole Debreselam Medhanealem Metmikemelekot St. Yohannes Cathedral
Key Legal Interpretation:
Salary increments and allowance payments can only be adjudicated by a court if they involve legally-based discrimination, not by interfering with an employer’s administrative decisions. If a salary increment is based on sufficient reason, it will not constitute discrimination. Allowance payment is a matter for administrative decision, not a matter for the court.
Cassation Bench Decision:
The Federal Supreme Court Cassation Bench, by upholding the decisions of the lower courts, affirmed that the salary increment is not discriminatory and that the allowance payment is a matter to be resolved administratively.