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

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

Part V of the report form. Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee notes the statistical information supplied by the Government as regards the total number and country of origin of foreign workers employed in Mauritius. It observes that, out of the almost 30,000 foreigners employed in the country, a significant number come from countries which are party to the Convention such as Bangladesh, China, India and Madagascar. It also notes that, for the period June 2010–May 2011, all victims of industrial accidents were nationals of these countries. Noting these statistics, the Committee requests the Government to indicate what compensation has been provided to foreign victims and their dependants, for each of the 15 listed cases, identifying workers employed in Mauritius for less and for more than two years.

Article 2 of the Convention. Temporary or intermittent work. The Committee recalls that, foreign nationals working temporarily or intermittently in another country party to the Convention may, in accordance with its Article 2, remain subject to laws and regulations of their State of origin provided that special agreements have been concluded between the countries concerned in order to secure greater efficiency and coordination in the case foreign nationals become victim of an occupational accident on the territory of another State. The Committee therefore asks the Government to indicate whether it has concluded or anticipates concluding agreements with other countries party to the Convention, the nationals of which may currently not be covered by the pensions system because they were employed for less than two years in the country.

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