Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Sickness Insurance (Sea) Convention, 1936 (No. 56) - Egypt (Ratification: 1982)

In reply to the Committee's previous comments, the Government states that the payment as well as the method of payment of sickness benefit to insured persons who are sick or the victims of an accident is covered by section 78 of the Social Security Act, No. 79 of 1975, and that the manner in which this benefit is paid is set out in sections 14 to 22 of Order No. 310 of 1976 to issue certain provisions respecting insurance against occupational risks. The Committee notes this statement. It notes, however, that Order No. 310 of 1976 only covers benefits payable in the event of employment injury and occupational diseases. The Committee is therefore bound once again to hope that the Government will take the necessary measures in the near future to give effect to the Convention by:

(a) providing, in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention, for the payment of the benefit in whole or in part to the family of the insured person when the seafarer is abroad and has lost his right to wages by reason of sickness, until the return of the insured person; and

(b) granting, in accordance with Article 7, the right to insurance benefit in respect of sickness occurring during a definite period after the termination of the last engagement of the seafarer, which period shall be fixed by national laws or regulations in such a way as to cover the normal interval between successive engagements.