Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Guyana (Ratification: 1966)

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Application of the Convention in practice.Noting the lack of information in the Government’s report in this regard, the Committee requests the Government to provide the available statistical information on practical application indicated in the report form of the Convention, such as the number of foreign workers in the national territory, their nationality, their occupational distribution, and the number and nature of work-related accidents reported concerning these workers.

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

The Committee notes the Government’s report, received in May 2012. The Committee notes that the consolidated version of the National Insurance and Social Security Act (Chapter 36:01) and the National Insurance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations requested in its previous comments have not been received by the Office. The Committee again asks the Government to supply these texts with its next report. Moreover, noting that no statistical information is available on the number of foreign workers employed in the country and the payments of employment injury benefits to beneficiaries residing outside Guyana, the Committee requests the Government to take measures with a view to collecting such information and communicate it with its next report.

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

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Repetition

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide with its next report copies of the updated version of the National Insurance and Social Security Act (Chapter 36:01) and the National Insurance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations and, in any event, copies of the amendments which have been made to these two texts since their adoption. Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, and particularly statistics on the payment abroad of benefits due to the dependants of victims of employment injury who are resident outside Guyana.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide with its next report copies of the updated version of the National Insurance and Social Security Act (Chapter 36:01) and the National Insurance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations and, in any event, copies of the amendments which have been made to these two texts since their adoption. Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, and particularly statistics on the payment abroad of benefits due to the dependants of victims of employment injury who are resident outside Guyana.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide with its next report copies of the updated version of the National Insurance and Social Security Act (Chapter 36:01) and the National Insurance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations and, in any event, copies of the amendments which have been made to these two texts since their adoption. Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, and particularly statistics on the payment abroad of benefits due to the dependants of victims of employment injury who are resident outside Guyana.

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

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide with its next report copies of the updated version of the National Insurance and Social Security Act (Chapter 36:01) and the National Insurance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations and, in any event, copies of the amendments which have been made to these two texts since their adoption. Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, and particularly statistics on the payment abroad of benefits due to the dependants of victims of employment injury who are resident outside Guyana.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide with its next report copies of the updated version of the National Insurance and Social Security Act (Chapter 36:01) and the National Insurance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations and, in any event, copies of the amendments which have been made to these two texts since their adoption.

Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, and particularly statistics on the payment abroad of benefits due to the dependants of victims of employment injury who are resident outside Guyana.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its last report. It would be grateful if the Government would provide with its next report copies of the updated version of the National Insurance and Social Security Act (Chapter 36:01) and the National Insurance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations and, in any event, copies of the amendments which have been made to these two texts since their adoption.

Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, and particularly statistics on the payment abroad of benefits due to the dependants of victims of employment injury who are resident outside Guyana.