Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946 (No. 71) - Peru (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes the observations made by the Union of Crew Members of Maritime Vessels for the Protection of Workers, dated 19 April 1996, in which, among other matters, it states that the Liquidating Board of the Peruvian Steamship Company (a limited liability company under liquidation) did not comply with the requirements relating to pensions in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 20530 of 1974. According to the above Union, 187 workers were excluded from receiving pension benefits on the grounds that they had not completed 30 years of service, despite the fact that they had already been receiving their pensions for three years. In a communication dated 6 May 1996, these observations were brought to the knowledge of the Government, from which no reply has yet been received. In these circumstances, the Committee hopes that the Government will include in its next report the indications that it considers necessary concerning the observations made by the above workers' organization relating to the obligations deriving from the Convention.

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