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

Article 2 of the Convention. Schedule of occupational diseases. The Committee notes the Government’s intention to amend the Workers’ Compensation Act No. 10 of 1999 and in particular to use this window to adopt and customize the ILO list of diseases with the implication that all diseases that can be proven to have been contracted from the workplace shall qualify for compensation. The Committee asks the Government to continue providing information in this respect, indicating how consideration has been given to the list of occupational diseases listed in the Schedule attached to the Convention and whether the reform has considered the most up-to-date list of occupational diseases established by ILO Recommendation concerning the List of Occupational Diseases and the Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and Diseases (No. 194).

Conclusions and recommendations of the Standards Review Mechanism. The Committee notes that, at its 328th Session in October 2016, the Governing Body of the ILO adopted the conclusions and recommendations formulated by the Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group (SRM TWG), recalling that Conventions Nos 12, 17 and 18 to which Zambia is party are outdated and charging the Office with follow-up work aimed at encouraging States party only to these Conventions to ratify the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121), and/or the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), and accept the obligations in its Part VI, as these represent the most up-to-date instruments in this subject area. The Committee reminds the Government of the availability of ILO technical assistance in this regard.