Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

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

The Committee notes that, as a result of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, the competence to legislate on labour issues, including on occupational diseases, now lies with the provinces. Emphasizing that this new situation does not affect the Government’s responsibility to implement the Convention, the Committee hopes that the Government will make all efforts to ensure that the provincial legislation addressing occupational diseases will fully comply with this instrument. It also invites the Government to draw the attention of the provincial authorities to the revised list of occupational diseases contained in the amended schedule I of the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121) as well as to the List of Occupational Diseases Recommendation, 2002 (No 194). The Committee asks the Government to keep it informed of all legislative developments, both at the central and provincial level.

The Committee notes that, in its communication dated 21 November 2011, the Pakistan Workers’ Federation points out that the compensation granted in case of death or permanent incapacity caused by an employment injury should be re-evaluated to follow the pace of inflation. While acknowledging the death grants served by the Workers’ Welfare Fund, the Committee invites the Government to specify in its next report the amounts of the periodical or lump-sum benefits provided in case of death or permanent incapacity due to an employment injury, as well as the mechanisms which ensure their periodical re-evaluation.