Review of Schedule 2 of the Injury Prevention Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2001 (IPRC Act): Report to the Minister of Labour - 2005/06
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3. International approaches
Summary
The International Labour Organization’s List of Occupational Diseases (the ILO List) is documented in ILO Convention 42 (Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934). This has been revised several times since it was first released, with further additions being considered in 2005. A number of countries have their own equivalent of Schedule 2, almost always based heavily on the ILO List. In most cases, the schedule contains a mixture of specific and non-specific disorders.
The International Labour Organization’s List of Occupational Diseases (the ILO List) is documented in ILO Convention 42 (Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934) (Appendix 2). This was a revised version of the original list that was documented in ILO Convention 18 (Workmen’s Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925) (Appendix 1). Convention 42 has itself been revised twice, in 1964 (ILO Convention 121 (Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964)) and in 1980 (Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121)) (Appendix 3). A more comprehensive list is included as an Annex to ILO Recommendation 194, released in 2002 (see Table 4.3). Further additions to this more comprehensive list were to be considered at an ILO meeting late in 2005 (see Table 4.4).
A number of countries have their own equivalent of Schedule 2, almost always based heavily on the ILO List. In most cases, the schedule contains a mixture of specific and non-specific disorders. Exposures are only specified in some of the lists, or parts of some of the lists, although exposures are implied for those conditions with a direct causal connection to only one exposure. Many examples are available and can be accessed via the internet, as shown in Table 3.1.
| Hong Kong | http://www.labour.gov.hk/ [pdf file] |
|---|---|
| Ireland | http://www.welfare.ie/ |
| Ontario, Canada | http://www.canoshweb.org/ |
| South Africa | http://www.labour.gov.za/ |
| United Kingdom | http://www.dwp.gov.uk/ [pdf file] |
