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

Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934 (No. 42) - Guyana (Ratification: 1966)

Article 2 of the Convention. Schedule. List of occupational diseases. The Committee notes that the national list of occupational diseases included in the Third Schedule of the National Insurance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations (No. 34 of 1969) is not fully aligned with the list of diseases and toxic substances contained in the Schedule appended to Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to bring the Third Schedule of the National Insurance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations (No. 34 of 1969) into conformity with Article 2 of the Convention.

The Committee recalls that the ILO Governing Body at its 346th Session, October–November 2022, on the recommendation of the Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group, acknowledged the classification of Convention No. 42 as outdated, and placed an item on the agenda of the 121st Session of the International Labour Conference (2033) for the consideration of its abrogation.

The Governing Body requested the Office to undertake follow-up action to actively encourage the ratification of up-to-date instruments, Convention No. 121 and/or Convention No. 102 (Part VI), concerning employment injury benefits. In this context, the Committee encourages the Government to consider ratifying the most up-to-date instruments in this subject area.