Summary of Facts: The Respondents, welders, alleged they were illegally terminated after their employer merged with the Applicant enterprise. The Applicant argued the termination was legal because the Respondents were hired for a “specific project/workload” that had concluded and that the Respondents had actually left voluntarily after refusing a wage reduction from 150 ETB to … Read more
This case brief summarizes the legal dispute between Redawa Motors Industry P.L.C. (Applicant) and W/ro Roman Abebe (Respondent) regarding the procedural requirements for a valid termination of employment. Case Information Facts of the Case The respondent had served the applicant company for 35 years. Following a dispute in a company service bus, the respondent struck … Read more
Statutory Framework and the Primacy of Reinstatement The Ethiopian labor legal regime, primarily governed by Labor Proclamation No. 1156/2011, establishes specific remedies for workers whose employment contracts are terminated in violation of the law or a collective agreement. Under Article 43 of the Proclamation, the primary and preferred remedy for an unlawful termination is the … Read more