Workmen's Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 12) - Antigua and Barbuda (Ratification: 1983)

Replies received to the issues raised in a direct request which do not give rise to further comments (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government, which answers the points raised in its previous direct request, and has no further matters to raise in this regard.

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

Effect given to the Convention in practice. In its direct request of 2008, the Committee asked the Government to specify the number of wage earners employed in agriculture in the country as well as the benefits in cash and in kind that have been granted to such workers in cases of industrial accidents, in conformity with provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance No. 24 of 1956. In its reply, the Government states that no industrial accident was recorded in any agricultural establishments between 2007 and 2012. The Committee notes with concern that the same statement is repeated by the Government in all its reports since 1986, which consequently contained no information on the application of the Convention in practice. The Committee also notes the absence of such information in the Government reports on Convention No 17.

In order to enable the Government to understand better to what extent Convention No. 12 is applied in practice, the Committee asks the Government to review in its next report the procedures by which the industrial accidents are notified and registered by the competent authorities and to provide detailed information and data on:

• -the number of industrial accidents registered in the country by branch of activity;
• -the actions taken by the labour inspection services to identify and investigate cases of industrial accidents, including in agriculture; and
• -the amount of accident compensation benefits paid to workers.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would specify in its next report the number of wage-earners employed in agriculture in the country as well as the benefits in cash and in kind that have been granted to such workers in cases of industrial accidents, in conformity with provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance No. 24 of 1956. The Committee also invites the Government to communicate with its next report relevant excerpts of the annual report of the inspection service as regards industrial accidents in general and in agriculture in particular.