Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Dominican Republic (Ratification: 1956)

The Committee notes from the information supplied by the Government in its last report that a new Social Security Act was adopted on 9 May 2001 which contains provisions on compensation for occupational risks. It would be grateful if the Government would provide a copy of the above Act. The Committee also asks the Government to provide in its next detailed report information on the implications of the new legislation for the application of each Article of the Convention. Please also give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice and particularly, if current statistics permit, information on the number of foreign workers employed in the Dominican Republic, the number of occupational accidents which have occurred to them and the amount of any benefits that may have been transferred in cases where they or their dependants reside abroad.