Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

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

With reference to its observation of 2007, the Committee notes with satisfaction that, according to the Government’s report, received in October 2012, the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act No. 319 of 1951 was revised in July 2009 to strengthen protection of foreign trainees/technical interns, who thus become covered by the Labour Standards Act and the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act from the first year of their training programme in Japan. The Committee notes the comments of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC–RENGO) attached to the Government’s report, maintaining that foreign workers engaged in illegal employment should also have their rights to industrial accident compensation respected on an equal footing with Japanese nationals. The Committee invites the Government to reply to the JTUC–RENGO comments. The Committee also notes extensive measures reported by the Government under the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121), to ensure effective implementation of the revised Immigration Control Act and to increase coverage of foreign technical interns under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act.