Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17) - Mauritius (Ratification: 1969)

Articles 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11 of the Convention. Ongoing reform of national legislation. For many years, the Committee has been drawing the Government’s attention to the need to include in the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1931 (Cap. 220) provisions giving effect to the following Articles of the Convention: Article 5 (the principle of the payment of compensation in the form of periodical payments in the case of permanent incapacity or death), Article 7 (additional compensation for workmen injured in such a way as to require the constant help of another person), Article 9 (free entitlement to the necessary medical and surgical aid), Article 10 (supply and renewal of artificial limbs and surgical appliances) and Article 11 (guarantees against the insolvency of the employer or insurer). Since 1999, the Government reiterates that a merger of the Workmen’s Compensation Act and the National Pensions Act, 1976 (NPA), which gives effect to the above provisions, was envisaged with a view to ensuring the full application of the Convention and that the Bill was to be introduced to the National Assembly. The Government’s latest report indicates that the reform is still in the process of being completed, but gives no further details. In these circumstances, the Committee cannot but request the Government to take all necessary measures to complete the reform so as to bring the Workmen’s Compensation Act into full compliance with the above provisions of the Convention.