Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121) - Guinea (Ratification: 1967)

Article 4(1) of the Convention. Protection of public officials and their families. The Committee notes the two implementing decrees of Act No. L/2001/028/AN/2001 issuing the General Public Service Regulations, establishing the National Social Insurance Fund for State Officials (D/2014/063/PRG/SGG) and creating a National Institute of Compulsory Health Insurance (D/2014/063/PRG/SGG), provided by the Government in reply to its previous request. However, the Committee notes that these decrees do not contain any specific provisions giving effect to the Convention. The Committee therefore requests the Government to provide information on the protection provided in national law and practice to State officials and employees in the event of employment injury and to provide a copy of the provisions and legislative texts adopted in this respect.

Article 8. Occupational diseases. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that, while awaiting the finalization of the process of revising the list of occupational diseases of 1992, the list contained in the Annex to the List of Occupational Diseases Recommendation, 2002 (No. 194), revised in 2010, remains the reference framework used in the Republic of Guinea. The Committee takes due note of this information and requests the Government to report any legislative developments concerning the updating of the list of occupational diseases of 1992, and recalls the requirements of Article 8 of the Convention in this regard.

Articles 19 and 20. Rate of benefits. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide the statistical data requested in the report form, which is necessary to determine whether the rate of the benefits paid in the event of temporary incapacity, permanent incapacity or the death of the breadwinner attains the minimum level prescribed by the Convention, with an indication of whether Article 19 or Article 20 of the Convention has been used in this regard. In the absence of a reply from the Government on this subject, the Committee reiterates its request to the Government for the above information and reminds it of the possibility of availing itself of ILO technical assistance for this purpose.

Article 21. Review of the rates of employment injury pensions. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide a copy of the ministerial order envisaged in section 92 of the Social Security Code to establish the procedures for reviewing employment injury pension rates.

Article 22(2). Provision of employment injury benefit to dependants. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that, under the terms of section 91 of the Social Security Code, a decree shall set out the cases and limits within which, in the event of the suspension of employment injury benefits, part of these benefits are to be provided to the dependants of the beneficiary. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate whether the decree has been adopted and to provide a copy.