Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925 (No. 18) - Mozambique (Ratification: 1977)

The Committee notes the information sent by the Government in its last report. It also notes the adoption of Act No. 8/98 on employment, of which section III of Chapter IV governs occupational accidents and diseases. In this connection the Committee notes that under section 157, subsection 3, of this Act, the list of situations liable to cause occupational diseases, given in subsection 2 of the same section, is to be updated by Order of the Minister for Health. Furthermore, according to subsection 4 of the same section, industries or professions liable to cause occupational diseases will be subject to specific regulations. Given these circumstances, the Committee hopes that following their adoption, the Government will communicate a copy of the list as updated by the Ministry for Health provided by section 157, subsection 3, as well as a copy of the regulations regarding industries or professions liable to cause occupational diseases, to which reference was already made in section 143, subsection 3, of the Labour Act of 1985.

Finally, the Committee asks the Government to supply information on the practical application of the Convention, in conformity with Part V of the report form.