Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Comoros (Ratification: 1978)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report, including reference to the current political situation. The Committee also notes the Government's statement that the regulations for implementation of the Labour Code of 1984 will soon be adopted and will give full effect to the Convention. The Committee recalls in this respect that section 29 of Decree No. 57-245 of 24 February 1957 concerning compensation for industrial accidents and occupational diseases restricts and, in certain cases, eliminates entitlements to compensation for industrial accidents only with regard to foreign workers or their dependents in case of residence abroad, contrary to Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Committee would appreciate clarification on how the proposed implementing regulations of the Labour Code will give full effect to the Convention, as there does not appear to be any provision for payment of compensation to injured workers in the Labour Code of 1984, and the Government has made no mention of any proposal to amend section 29 of Decree No. 57-245. The Committee hopes that in its next report the Government will be able to indicate the progress made in giving full effect to the requirements of the Convention.