The Principle of Service Period Fragmentation in Determining Managerial Employees
Can one career be governed by two different sets of laws? In Ethiopia, the answer is yes. Through the “Principle of Service Period Fragmentation,” the law legally partitions your tenure when you move between regular and managerial roles. Using the landmark case of Addis Cardiac Center vs. Dr. Lula Ahmed Seyid, we explore why your years as a “Work Leader” are excluded from Labor Proclamation benefits and how this split affects everything from severance pay to which court hears your case.