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

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Mauritius (Ratification: 1969)

Article 1 the Convention. Equality of treatment. For many years, the Committee has been drawing the Government’s attention to the need to amend section 3 of the National Pensions (Non-Citizens and Absent Persons) Order, 1978, as amended by the National Pensions Act (NPA), under which foreign nationals may not be affiliated to the insurance scheme unless they have resided in Mauritius for a continuous period of not less than two years. In its reports, the Government had repeatedly indicated that a bill revising this section 3 was being prepared and would be introduced to the National Assembly as soon as it has been accepted by the State Law Office. In its latest report of 2011, the Government does not make any reference to the above bill but instead refers to the draft legislation merging the Workmen’s Compensation Act and the National Pensions Act. The Committee requests the Government to clarify the above issue and expresses the firm hope that all necessary measures will be taken in the very near future so as to bring the national legislation into compliance with the principle of equal treatment between national and foreign residents guaranteed by the Convention without any condition as to residence.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2012.]