Shipowners are responsible for all costs arising from illness, injury or death related to your employment, from the date you start a contract until they have been repatriated, or may claim medical services under an insurance/indemnity scheme. If you need medication or medical treatment, the shipowner must pay all bills until you have recovered or been written off as permanently disabled. The shipowner`s liability for the payment of these costs may be limited to 16 weeks from the date of the injury or illness, provided that this is specified in national laws/regulations. If you are unable to work due to injury or illness, you should receive full pay while you are on board. When you return home, national laws and ACAs determine whether you receive full or partial payment or cash compensation. These payments may be limited to 16 weeks from the date of injury or illness. Crew recruitment agencies that provide recruitment services are not allowed to charge you a fee to find a job. You can only be charged for the costs of obtaining your national legal medical certificate, national shipping record book, passport or similar personal travel documents. Ships of less than 200 WGs that are not sailing abroad may be exempted from some of the requirements of the flag State if the rights of the seafarers concerned are already covered by national legislation, collective agreements or other measures.
Seafarers: any person who is employed, employed or working in any capacity on board a ship to which the Convention applies. This includes riding gangs and hotel staff on cruise ships – anyone who works on board. In case of doubt as to whether a category of ships or persons falls within the scope of the Convention, the situation between the public authorities shall be clarified in consultation with the shipowners` and seafarers` organisations concerned. When a shipowner signs an ITF agreement, he undertakes: the MLC applies to all ships and applies to all seafarers. But you must be at least 16 years old and have a medical certificate to work on a ship. All ships are covered, with the exception of: The ITF-TCC Convention is the most common type of ItF Convention. Most affiliated unions use the ITF Uniform Agreement on STC. There are several other types of STC agreements, all approved by the ITF and adopted by various affiliated unions around the world.
Although they may vary slightly (mainly due to the requirements of their national legislation), they are all based on the ITF-TCC single and comply with the itF minimum standards. Sometimes the ITF signs an agreement directly with the shipowner. If you are covered by an ITF agreement but there is no ITF member union in your home country, the ITF will represent you to the employer. You are entitled to a fair employment contract or a contract that specifies decent living and working conditions on board. It must be signed by you and your employer, easy to understand and legally enforceable. All information on working and employment conditions, including the ACA, is freely accessible to all on board and available for verification at the port. Your employment contract must include the following: To find out if your ship is covered by an ITF-approved agreement, use the Search section of the website or email the ITF Seafarers` Support Team at seafsupport@itf.org.uk The signatory syndicate is usually from the country where the ship`s beneficiary shipping company is based. Often, the trade unions of the nation or nations of origin of the occupation also participate in the negotiations. This is to ensure that the agreement takes into account all national laws and practices and that crew members can become members of their national union. The best guarantee of adequate employment at sea is only the signing of a Seafarers` Employment Contract (SEA) drawn up in accordance with a collective agreement approved by the ITF. If not, here`s a checklist to follow. To find out if your ship is covered by an ITF agreement, click Search You are entitled to paid annual leave based on at least 2.5 days for each calendar month of employment and land leave.
The ITF Model Agreement is usually signed as a result of a labour dispute or when it is determined that a company has breached a previous agreement. This is the most costly agreement for the shipowner. This is the legally binding document that binds the employer to the relevant collective agreement (CLA) approved by the ITF. It indicates which CBA applies, specifies the details of the vessel concerned and indicates the dates on which the agreement is valid. It sets out the obligations of shipowners and the right of ITF representatives to access the vessel and verify its compliance with the agreement. These are contracts that bind individual crew members to the itf agreement and the corresponding ABC. They list the details of the sailor, employer, vessel and the CBA conditions that apply to that particular crew member. For example, if he/she is an AB, he/she will give the base salary, guaranteed overtime, overtime rate, vacation pay and per diem that apply to an AB. There should be 4 copies of the seafarer`s employment contract: one copy that the seafarer can keep for his own records; one for the vessel`s file; one for ITF London; and one for the company`s file. You can also file a complaint with a port State control officer/labour inspector. • Normal working hours are based on an eight-hour day with one rest day per week • You must not work more than 14 hours in a 24-hour period • You cannot work more than 72 hours in a seven-day period • You must have at least 10 hours of rest in a 24-hour period • You must have at least 77 hours of rest on a period of seven days in the event of an emergency or to assist other ships or persons to The master may suspend the work plan in distress at sea. You have the right to be repatriated free of charge if you have served on board for a maximum period of 12 months.
ITF agreements are signed by an ITF subsidiary and a shipping company, either by the beneficial owner, operator, crew agent or ship manager. ITF advice on your employment contract at sea, recruitment fraud and crew members * Non-FOC or nationally flagged vessels may be covered by national agreements, but these fall under the competence of the local trade union of the flagged country. The ship must keep records of work and rest periods, and you must obtain a certified copy of your work and rest periods. This is the document that lists all the conditions of the crew employed on the ship. It defines rights such as wages (in the form of a salary scale), hours of work, etc. Use the links below or click on the relevant documents on the right side of this screen to view the texts of the various ITF collective agreements. If the problem is with a shipowner, you can also report it to the flag State or port State. If you file a complaint on board, you have the right to be accompanied by a representative or other sea official – and not to be harassed for a complaint. You may lodge a complaint on board with a senior officer, the master or shipowner or the flag State. IBF Agreements (JFAs) are only available to shipowners who are members of one of the shipowners` associations that make up the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) and who are represented alongside the ITF at the International Negotiating Forum (IBF).
IBF agreements (BCAs) are based on a CBA framework with a specific variant for local content, but meet all the minimum criteria. The social partners, employers and the trade union negotiate local content and the salary scale on the basis of a centrally negotiated duration and wage increase. ITF agreements are only those approved by the ITF and apply only to ships flying flags of convenience (FOC)*. .