Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Sickness Insurance (Sea) Convention, 1936 (No. 56) - Peru (Ratification: 1962)

Article 3 of the Convention. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government's reply that section 34 of Decree Law No. 22-482 of 1979 and section 93 of Supreme Decree No. 08-80-TR both authorize the payment of benefit to compulsorily insured workers and their families even when the employer has not paid contributions. The Committee requests further information on the application of these provisions in practice, in particular on the number of cases in which benefit, including medical care, has been provided to workers whose employers have failed to pay contributions.

Article 8. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government's statement that inspections will be carried out to verify the employers' fulfilment of their obligation to pay contributions. The Committee would appreciate being kept informed of the number and results of these inspections, and of the actions taken against those employers which such inspections reveal are not paying contributions. See also the Committee's comments under Convention No. 24, as follows:

The Committee notes the Government's statement in its report that the regulations for implementing Decree No. 718 of 8 November 1991 are still under development. It hopes that when these regulations are adopted they will not fail to take into account the points raised by the Committee in its observation formulated in March 1995.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 1997.]