Measures to ensure equality of treatment of migrant workers in case of work-related accident in Thailand
Legal depository - Country: Thailand / Body: Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations / Year: 2011
In previous observations on the application of the Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, No 19, the Committee of Experts had expressed deep concerns over the situation of more than 2 million migrants working in Thailand. In response to these concerns, the Thai Government argued that the Workmen’s Compensation...
Read MoreAdoption of principles of collective financing and social solidarity in Bolivia
Legal depository - Country: Bolivia / Body: ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations / Year: 2011
In 2010 Bolivia adopted a new constitution that established a new hierarchy of legal standards by giving precedence of international instruments ratified by state over national laws. In the spirit of harmonizing existing law to the new Constitution, the State and the Bolivian Workers’ Federation (COB) signed a framework...
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