Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

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

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters raised in its previous direct request.

Repetition

The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the list of occupational diseases established by the 1923 Act will certainly be reviewed so as to include new diseases in the context of the process of reviewing the national legislation on occupational health and safety. It would be grateful if the Government would keep the Committee informed in this respect.

The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether a further increase could be envisaged of the wage ceilings giving entitlement to protection in the event of occupational disease so as to ensure the protection afforded by the Convention to a greater number of workers in the medium term.