Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Article 5 of the Convention.The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report that the revised legislation on workmen's compensation takes account of the provisions of Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee cannot but reiterate the hope that this legislation will be adopted in the near future and that it will ensure, in accordance with this provision of the Convention, that employment injury compensation for permanent incapacity or death is paid in the form of periodical payments throughout the contingency unless the competent authority is satisfied that a lump-sum payment will be properly utilized. The Committee asks the Government to indicate any progress made in this respect and to provide a copy of the new law as soon as it has been adopted.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 1998.]