Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Poland (Ratification: 1928)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments. It observes, in particular, that the Act of 30 October 2002 on social insurance in case of occupational accident or disease does not make a distinction between Polish employees and foreign employees. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide, in its next report, additional information on the legislative or regulatory provisions relating to the payment of compensation for industrial accidents in case of residence outside the European Union with regard to: (i) national workers and their dependants; and (ii) foreign workers who are nationals of a country which has ratified this Convention and their dependants. Please also provide statistical data on the number and nationality of foreign workers employed in the country and, if such statistics are available, information on the number of industrial accidents involving such workers.

Furthermore, the Committee takes this opportunity to draw the Government’s attention to the fact that, in the context of the standards revision process, the ILO Governing Body has invited the States parties to Convention No. 19 to examine the possibility of ratifying the Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118), accepting the obligations of the latter Convention, in particular branch (g) (employment injury benefit), in so far as it is the most up to date ILO standard and meets current needs. The Committee therefore invites the Government to consider the possibility of such ratification with the technical assistance of the Office, if necessary.