Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Panama (Ratification: 1970)

Application of the Convention in practice. The report states that all foreigners, who are working in the country, are covered by the compulsory social security regime for employment accidents and that, between 2011 and 2016, 26,994 foreign workers have been registered with the social security fund. The Committee also notes that the national labour inspectorate found numerous enterprises, which are employing foreigners without a working permit and denying them access to any kind of social security benefits (see for example the official information note Mitradel, 28-9-2015). The Committee requests the Government to indicate the estimated number of unregistered foreign workers in the country and the legal and practical measures taken to give them the same protection in case of employment injury as to the national workers in accordance with the legislation.