Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 2006, Publicación: 96ª reunión CIT (2007)

Convenio sobre la indemnización por accidentes del trabajo, 1925 (núm. 17) - Suriname (Ratificación : 1976)

Article 7 of the Convention. Additional compensation. In its previous comments, the Committee observed that the necessary amendments to the Industrial Accidents Act (No. 145 of 1947) had not yet been introduced and expressed the hope that, in the very near future, the Government would take the measures needed in order to give full effect to this provision of the Convention. In its last report, the Government indicates that the Ministry of Labour has now started the process of the total revision of the Industrial Accidents Act in order to bring the national legislation into conformity with international labour standards.

The Committee takes due note of this information. It recalls that the need for an amendment to the Industrial Accidents Act has been identified for a number of years. The Committee consequently trusts that, in its next report, the Government will indicate the progress made towards the full implementation of the Convention by specifying the inclusion into the Industrial Accidents Act of a provision ensuring additional compensation in cases where occupational injuries result in incapacity of such a nature that injured workers must have the constant help of another person, as required by Article 7 of the Convention.