Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925

Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925
C17
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	June 10, 1925
Date in force	April 1, 1927
Classification	Employment Injury Benefit
Subject	Social Security
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The Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention is the 17th convention of the International Labour Organization, adopted in 1925. It sets out the requirement that workers or their dependants must be compensated for injury as a result of accidents in the workplace.^[1]

Modification

The Convention was subsequently revised in 1964 by Convention C121 - Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964.

Ratifications

As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 74 states.^{[citation needed]} Three states—Chile, Sweden, and Uruguay—have subsequently denounced the convention.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Guthrie, Robert (October 2008), "The Development of Workers' Compensation in China: Emerging International and Internal Challenges", Australian Journal of Asian Law, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 133–158, ISSN 1443-0738

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[1] Guthrie, Robert (October 2008), "The Development of Workers' Compensation in China: Emerging International and Internal Challenges", Australian Journal of Asian Law, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 133–158, ISSN 1443-0738

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