The phrase industrial undertaking implies all activities in the branches of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, electricity, gas and water, and transport, storage and communication.
Each member can, by an additional declaration to the ratification, exempt workers in the agricultural sector from the application of this Convention under certain conditions.
Any member which has made an additional declaration shall submit to the International Labor Organization (ILO) a report on the application and progress of this convention with respect to workers in the agricultural sector.
Any member which has made an additional declaration shall increase the number of protected workers in the agricultural sector as rapidly as circumstances permit.
Any member can, by an additional declaration to the ratification, exclude from this convention seafarers, sea fishermen, and public service employees.
If an additional declaration has been filed, the member may not include the excluded persons in calculating the figures in Articles 5, 10, 11, 19 and 20.
Any Member which has made an additional declaration may at a later date notify the Director-General of the ILO that it accepts the obligations under this convention in respect of the excluded groups of persons.
Cases covered for protection by this convention or insurance include need for medical treatment for curative or preventive purposes and incapacity for work due to illness.
Each member provides care to the protected persons for the cure or prevention of the covered cases referred to in Article 7.
Medical care under Article 8 shall be provided with the intention of restoring or improving the health of the protected persons and their ability to work.
If an additional declaration has been made, the group of persons included in Article 7 shall comprise at least 25 percent of all employees together with their wives and children.
If a beneficiary ceases to be a protected person, the entitlement to medical care may be limited to a prescribed period, which shall not be less than 26 weeks, as long as sickness benefits are not longer.
In the case of recurrent sickness payments, the benefit rate must be set so that the beneficiary reaches at least 60 percent of the total amount of previous earnings and the amount of family allowances due to a protected person with the same family responsibilities as the standard benefit recipient.
The previous earnings of the beneficiary, wages of the male skilled worker, benefit and family allowance, if any, are calculated on the same time frame.
The wage of the male skilled worker is fixed by collective agreement, domestic legislation or customary law for normal working hours.
The wage of an ordinary adult worker must be determined on the basis of the collective agreement, national legislation or customary law.
In the case of recurring payment, the benefit rate is determined according to a prescribed scale by the competent public authority.
After a member is ratified, it can give notice of denunciation ten years after the date of entry into force of this convention.
The Director-General of the ILO transmits to the Secretary-General of the UN the complete particulars of all ratifications and denunciations for registration under Article 102 of the Charter of the UN.
The Governing Body of the ILO submits periodically to the General Conference a report on the implementation and advisability of the convention.