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Haftom Kesete and Associates Law Office (HLO)'s Labor & Employment Practice Group provides expert legal guidance to businesses operating in Ethiopia, given the constantly evolving employment and labor laws. The group's legal services cover a wide range of issues, including hiring, termination, drafting workplace policies and contracts, workplace investigations, and managing disciplinary issues. They also provide legal guidance to expat workers on business visas, work and residence permits, and visa renewals.

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HLO's Labor & Employment Practice Group is experienced in providing legal services across several industries, including hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare, construction, transportation, finance, energy, agriculture, and technology. The legal team provides comprehensive legal advice regarding compliance with labor and employment laws, review and draft comprehensive personnel policies, handbooks, work rules, and collective agreements to help their clients minimize legal risks.HLO's Labor & Employment Practice Group also provides legal advice on employment-based immigration, including non-immigrant and immigrant visas, naturalization and citizenship, and immigration law compliance. The team works with clients to facilitate the acquisition of worker visas, and also to ensure compliance with immigration requirements. We have been at the lead in assisting foreign enterprises and non-profit organizations in meeting these problems by doing the following:

Services
  • General advisory on Ethiopian employment law matters, including recruitment of Ethiopian and foreign nationals, restructuring of employees in merger & acquisition deals, employee benefits and entitlements, annual leave, bonus, termination of contracts, redundancy and redeployment, severance pay, compensation, pension and provident fund issues, insurance schemes, and compensation claims.
  • Drafting and reviewing employment contracts employment contracts for managerial, non-managerial, temporary, and permanent employees.
  • Drafting training agreements between employers and employees.
  • Facilitating the for expatriate staff
  • Provision of advice on business visa requirements, acquisition of work and residence permits and renewals for foreigners and expatriates
  • Drafting settlement agreements upon the termination of employment.