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

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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.

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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.