Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925 (No. 18) - Pakistan (Ratification: 1927)

Referring to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government on the application of the Convention, as well as the Government’s reply to the comments made by the All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions. The Committee notes in this regard the Government’s statement that it has already recommended that wage ceilings giving entitlement to protection under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1923 be increased from 3,000 Pakistani rupees to 6,000 Pakistani rupees per month, in order to bring these ceilings into line with those adopted recently for the purposes of other social protection legislation. The above trade union organization also raised the question of the revision of the list of occupational diseases envisaged by the legislation in order to bring it up-to-date with developments in technology and occupational risks. The Committee notes the Government’s statement, according to which the list of occupational diseases established by the 1923 Act is in conformity with the provisions of Convention No. 18 and, since the adoption of the Act, has been periodically revised. The Committee further notes that, in the case of this trade union organization wishing to include new occupational diseases on this list, the Government states that such an extension can be carried out once the required studies have been completed.  It would be grateful if, in its next report, the Government would keep it informed of any developments in this regard.