Title: Ethiopia Labor Proclamation No. 1156/2019

Scope of Application:  It is applicable throughout the country to employment relations based on a contract of employment that exist between a worker and an employer including recruitment process. The following contracts are not governed by this proclamation:

a). contracts for the purpose of upbringing, treatment, care or rehabilitation;

b) contracts for the purpose of educating or training other than apprentice;

c) where the employee is a managerial employee;

d) contracts of personal service;

e) contracts relating to persons such as members of the Armed Force, members of the Police Force, employees of state administration, judges of courts of law, prosecutors and others whose employment relationship is governed by special laws;

f) Contracts relating to a person who performs an act, for consideration, at his own business or professional responsibility.

Type of law: Proclamation

Key words: Employment relations (Formation of contract, duration of contract, obligation, Modification, Termination of employment relations); wages; severance pay and compensation; Special contracts; Home work; Hours of work, weekly rest and public holidays; Leave; working condition of women and young workers; Occupational safety and Health and working environment; collective relations; Labour dispute; 

Entry into Force: September 5, 2019

Repeals:

• Labor Proclamation No. 377/2003;
• Labor (Amendment) Proclamation No. 466/2005;
• Labor (Amendment) Proclamation No. 494/2006; and
• Employment Exchange Services Proclamation No. 632/2009

Amended by: —

Implemented by: —

Repealed? No

Language: Amharic and English

Related Law: Ethiopia Federal Civil Servants Proclamation No. 1064/2017