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Whoever, apart from the cases specified in the preceding Article, procures from a woman sexual intercourse or any other indecent act by taking advantage of her material or mental distress or of the authority he exercises over her by virtue of his position, function or capacity as protector, teacher, master or employer, or by virtue of any other like relationship, is punishable, upon complaint, with simple imprisonment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is unlawful for an employer or a managerial employee to commit sexual harassment or sexual assault at a workplace. Similarly, workers are prohibited from engaging in sexual harassment or sexual assault at workplace. Sexual harassment is defined as persuasion or convincing a person through utterances, signs or any other manner to submit for sexual favour without his\u002Fher consent.  Sexual assault includes any sexual harassment accompanied by force or any attempt thereof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Workers who have suffered sexual harassment or sexual assault\u002Fviolence are entitled to terminate their contracts without notice, and also be eligible for severance payment and compensation. The Labour Proclamation provides a higher amount of compensation for employees who are forced to terminate their contract, without notice, for reasons of sexual harassment and sexual violence. Contract termination by a worker on account sexual harassment and sexual violence leads to three months of compensation payment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Source: §625 of the Criminal Code Proclamation No. 414\u002F2004; §14 of the Labour Proclamation No. 1156\u002F2019\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n    \n    \n    \n      \n    \n    \u003Cdiv class=\"related\">\n      \u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          _ll_what-is-sexual-harassment_URL_\n      \n          _ll_is-sexual-harassment-a-global-issue_URL_\n      \n          _ll_sexual-harassment-at-the-workplace_URL_\n      \n          _ll_how-do-sexual-harassment-perpetrators-operate_URL_\n      \n          _ll_what-are-the-effects-of-sexual-harassment_URL_\n      \n          _ll_sexual-harassment-and-domestic-workers_URL_\n      \n          _ll_what-is-the-economic-cost-of-sexual-harassment_URL_\n      \n          _ll_law-and-sexual-harassment_URL_\n      \n          _ll_sexual-harassment-what-is-our-role_URL_\n      \n          _ll_what-is-a-sexual-harassment-policy_URL_\n      \n          _ll_fairtreatment_URL_\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n  \n\n    \n    \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\n  \n\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","Your rights: sexual harassment at work in Ethiopia – .","\u003Cdiv>\n\n\u003Cspan>This page was last updated on:\n      2026-03-27\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Sexual Harassment\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The Criminal Code prohibits sexual harassment and prescribes simple imprisonment for the perpetrator. Whoever, apart from the cases specified in the preceding Article, procures from a woman sexual intercourse or any other indecent act by taking advantage of her material or mental distress or of the authority he exercises over her by virtue of his position, function or capacity as protector, teacher, master or employer, or by virtue of any other like relationship, is punishable, upon complaint, with simple imprisonment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is unlawful for an employer or a managerial employee to commit sexual harassment or sexual assault at a workplace. Similarly, workers are prohibited from engaging in sexual harassment or sexual assault at workplace. 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Contract termination by a worker on account sexual harassment and sexual violence leads to three months of compensation payment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Source: §625 of the Criminal Code Proclamation No. 414\u002F2004; §14 of the Labour Proclamation No. 1156\u002F2019\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          \n      \n          \n      \n          \n      \n          \n      \n          \n      \n          \n      \n          \n      \n          \n      \n          \n      \n          \n      \n          \u003Ca href='\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment'>Fair Treatment\u003C\u002Fa>\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>",[],{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact Us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,{"id":50,"first_name":51,"last_name":52,"email":53,"image":54,"function":55,"external":56},2,"Gunjan","Pandya","gunjanpandya@wageindicator.org","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FGunjan-Pandya-ED_PhPZSyI.width-400.jpg","IT Specialist and Global Webmaster",false,[58],{"id":50,"first_name":51,"last_name":52,"email":53,"image":54,"function":55,"external":56},true,[61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,120,121,125,129],{"id":62,"short_title":7,"title":63,"url":64},516,"Work and Wages","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fwork-and-wages",{"id":66,"short_title":7,"title":67,"url":68},517,"Compensation and Working Time","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcompensation-and-working-time",{"id":70,"short_title":7,"title":71,"url":72},518,"Annual Leave and Holidays","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fannual-leave-and-holidays",{"id":74,"short_title":7,"title":75,"url":76},519,"Contracts and Dismissals","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals",{"id":78,"short_title":7,"title":79,"url":80},520,"Notice and Severance","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals\u002Fnotice-and-severance",{"id":82,"short_title":7,"title":83,"url":84},521,"Family Responsibilities","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffamily-responsibilities",{"id":86,"short_title":7,"title":87,"url":88},522,"Maternity and Work","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work",{"id":90,"short_title":7,"title":91,"url":92},523,"Job Protection","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work\u002Fjob-protection",{"id":94,"short_title":7,"title":95,"url":96},524,"Breastfeeding","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work\u002Fbreastfeeding",{"id":98,"short_title":7,"title":99,"url":100},525,"Health and Safety","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fhealth-and-safety",{"id":102,"short_title":7,"title":103,"url":104},526,"Sick Leave","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave",{"id":106,"short_title":7,"title":107,"url":108},527,"Work Injury Benefits","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave\u002Fwork-injury-benefits",{"id":110,"short_title":7,"title":111,"url":112},528,"Social Security","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsocial-security",{"id":114,"short_title":7,"title":115,"url":116},529,"Unemployment Benefits","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsocial-security\u002Funemployment-benefits",{"id":118,"short_title":7,"title":26,"url":119},530,"\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment",{"id":4,"short_title":7,"title":6,"url":9},{"id":122,"short_title":7,"title":123,"url":124},532,"Minors and Youth","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment\u002Fminors-and-youth",{"id":126,"short_title":7,"title":127,"url":128},533,"Forced Labour","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment\u002Fforced-labour",{"id":130,"short_title":7,"title":131,"url":132},534,"Trade Unions","\u002Fen-et\u002Fwork-in-ethiopia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ftrade-unions",[],"\u003Cp>MyWage is WageIndicator. 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