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

Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121) - Sweden (Ratification: 1969)

1. The Committee notes the report of the Committee set up to examine the representation made by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO), the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO) and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) under article 24 of the ILO Constitution alleging non-observance by Sweden of Convention No. 121, which was approved by the Governing Body at its 258th (November 1993) Session. It notes in particular that, in accordance with paragraph 47 of the report, the Government is asked to furnish, not later than 15 October 1994, a report on the application of the Convention containing information on the measures taken to ensure that the cash benefits for incapacity for work which are due to a victim of an employment injury are paid from the first day of incapacity, as well as on the definition of employment injury and the burden of proof. The Committee therefore hopes that, in accordance with the assurances given by the Government in its latest report on the application of the Convention, a new detailed report will be supplied for examination at the Committee's next session and that it will contain all the information requested.

2. Furthermore, the Committee notes the new provisions related to the survivors' benefits due in the event of employment injury. It reserves the possibility of examining the impact of these new provisions on the application of the Convention until it has at its disposal a translation in English or French of the relevant legislation.