Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Workmen's Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 12) - Panama (Ratification: 1958)

The Committee notes the report and the statistical data provided by the Government on the manner in which national law and practice give effect to the Convention. It would be grateful to be provided with fuller information on the following point.

Article 1 of the Convention. Extension to all agricultural wage earners of the laws and regulations providing for the compensation of workers for personal injury by accident arising out of or in the course of their employment. With reference to resolution No. 2 of the Executive Committee of the Social Insurance Fund issuing general regulations respecting registration, the classification of enterprises and the collection of employment injury insurance contributions, the Government indicates that this text provides for the extension of compulsory insurance against occupational risks to workers in non-mechanized, agricultural, forestry and stock-raising enterprises, and to seasonal and non-permanent agricultural workers through specific regulations. In this respect, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report the manner in which the above categories of workers are ensured the same protection in respect of employment accidents as that of other wage earners and to provide copies of the relevant texts.