Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121) - Germany (Ratification: 1972)

The Committee notes that, according to the Government's report, the Act codifying accident insurance schemes, which has been in force since 1 January 1997, placed all the legislation respecting compulsory accident insurance under Book VII of the German Social Code. Although this revision of the legislation did not, according to the Government, constitute a fundamental reform of the practical provisions of the law, it introduced in the law governing the provision of benefits a number of changes. In particular, the period for which daily benefits are provided in respect of accidents was aligned with the period for daily benefits for sickness (78 weeks), and the possibilities were broadened for the provision of a lump sum in place of periodical payments. Since the report contains no details on these matters, the Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the possible impact of these measures on the application of Article 9, paragraph 3, of the Convention (Provision of the benefits throughout the contingency) and Article 15, paragraph 1 (Conversion of periodical payments into lump sums).