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Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925 (No. 18) - Zambia (RATIFICATION: 1965)

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:

Repetition

The Committee notes the adoption of the Workers Compensation Act (Act No. 10 of 1999), repealing Act No. 217 of the Laws of Zambia previously giving effect to the Convention. The reform had, inter alia, the effect of merging the Workers’ Compensation and Pneumoconiosis Compensation Boards. Henceforth, all workers who are incapacitated by occupational diseases are compensated by the Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board and the Department of Labour assists the latter through its regular labour inspections to ensure compliance. During the period covered by the Government’s report, 1,235 contracted occupational diseases, of which 1,085 concerned cases of tuberculosis and 144 cases of pneumoconiosis. The Committee notes this information and invites the Government to continue to provide information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice. Also, in the absence of a new table listing the recognized occupational diseases within the newly adopted Workers Compensation Act, the Committee asks the Government to confirm whether the list established by the Workmen’s Compensation Regulations, 1969, as amended, is still in force.