Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Shipowners' Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936 (No. 55) - Mexico (Ratification: 1939)

1. The Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government with regard to the impact of the 1997 Social Security Act on the application of the provisions of the Convention. It notes the statistical information on work-related risks, as well as the examples of clauses stipulated in collective labour agreements. The Committee requests the Government to provide samples of service substitution agreements concluded between the Mexican Social Security Institute and shipping companies.

2. The Committee also notes that, according to the observations made by the Confederation of Workers of Mexico (CTM), the labour authority has never intervened on board vessels calling in at national ports and that it is not within the competence of the labour and social security authority to deal with disputes for reasons relating to extra-territoriality. The Committee notes that, with a view to dealing with the above occurrences, the Government requested the CTM to provide more information in this regard. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed in this regard and to provide extracts of reports of inspections carried out on board vessels and information relating to the number and nature of contraventions reported and any other details related to the application of the Convention in practice.