Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17) - Uganda (Ratification: 1963)

Article 5 of the Convention. Referring to its previous comments which it has been making since 1966, the Committee notes from the Government's report that the draft workers' compensation legislation, prepared with the assistance of the ILO in 1990, has not yet been adopted. It notes however from the Government's report that the draft legislation, which is at present under examination, takes account of the provisions of Article 5 of the Convention. In this situation, the Committee once again expresses the hope that this legislation will be adopted in the very near future so as to give full effect to the Convention, and in particular to its Article 5, under which compensation payable in case of death or permanent incapacity shall be paid in the form of periodical payments throughout the contingency, provided that it may be paid in a lump sum, if the competent authority is satisfied that it will be properly utilized. The Committee asks the Government to indicate any progress made in this respect in its next report.

[The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1994.]