Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Fiji (Ratification: 1974)

Replies received to the issues raised in a direct request which do not give rise to further comments (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

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 2020, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Article 1(2) of the Convention. Payment of benefits abroad. The Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that, from 1 January 2019, workers or their dependants may claim for a lump-sum compensation due to employment injury from the Accident Compensation Commission of Fiji (ACCF) under the Accident Compensation Act, 2017. The Committee further observes from Part 2, Division 2 [Reg 6] of the Accident Compensation (Employment Accident) Regulations, 2018 that an employer must pay the worker who suffers any personal injury as a result of an accident arising out of and in the course of employment a weekly payment of two-thirds of the worker’s previous earnings for up to 260 weeks. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the payment of the lump-sum compensation made by the ACCF and the weekly payments made by employers to victims of employment injuries is due, when they reside outside of Fiji, to: (a) national workers and their dependants; and (b) foreign workers and their dependants.