Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Saint Lucia (Ratification: 1980)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received despite its urgent appeal in 2019. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

The Committee notes with deep concern that the Government’s report, due since 2016, has not been received. In light of its urgent appeal launched to the Government in 2019, the Committee proceeds with the examination of the application of the Convention on the basis of the information at its disposal.

Application of the Convention in practice. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that Saint Lucia had concluded reciprocity agreements on social security with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, the countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), and Canada and requested the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice. The Committee observes that, under section 91 of the National Insurance Regulations of 2003, the payment of social security benefits, including compensation in case of work accidents, may be arranged if a beneficiary permanently resides in another country with which Saint Lucia has not concluded a reciprocal agreement. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the institutional arrangements put in place to ensure the provision of compensation to beneficiaries residing in a country with which there are no reciprocal agreements, and on the form that such arrangements take. The Committee further requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, including statistical data on the number and nationality of foreign workers employed in Saint Lucia as well as the amount of compensation in case of work accidents paid to persons residing abroad and the country of destination.