Maritime Labour Convention 2006

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The Maritime Labor Convention is 1 of the pillar of IMO , Enforced on 2013.
MLC would ensure that seafarers basic rights in terms of, empolyment working condition, medical benefits, accommodation facilities, and social security protection.

The Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) is divided into 5 main parts which are:

1. Minimum Requirements for seafarers to work on ships
1)Minimum age
2)Medical certificate
3)Training and certifications
4)Recruitment and placement

2. Conditions of Employment
1) Seafarer’s Employment Agreement
2)Wages
3)Hours of rest and hours of work
4)Manning level
5)Entitlement to leave
6)Repatriation
7)Seafarer compensation for ship’s loss or foundering
8)Career and skill development

3. Accommodation & Recreation, Food and Catering
1)Accommodation and recreational facilities
2)Food and catering

4. Medical Care, Welfare and Social Security Protection
1)Medical care on board and ashore
2)Ship owner’s liability
3)Health, safety protection and accident prevention
4)Access to shore based welfare facilities
5)Social Security

5. Compliance and Enforcement
1)Flag state responsibility
2)Authorization of RO, ( classicfations)
3)Inspection and enforcement
4)Port State Responsibilities
5)Maritime labor certificate
6)On board compliance procedures
7)Marine Casualties
8)Labor Supplying responsibilities

1. Minimum Requirements for seafarers to work on ships
• Minimum age; to ensure no underage person working onboard.
1. Minimum working age is 16.
2. Night work for seafarer under 18(young seafarer) not allowed ( unless under approve training program)
3. No hazard task to young seafarer, (entry to boiler, working aloft, handling mooring line, handling power tools, handling danger chemicals, service electrical equipment.

• Medical certificate; to ensure seafarer medically fit to perform duties
1. Must have valid and approve certificate issue by approve medical practitioner
2. Each certificate state person hearing , eyesight, color vision, not suffering from any condition
3. Medical cert valid for 2 years, for young seafarer 1 year
4. Seafarer permitted to work without a valid medical cert until next port to get a valid cert not exceed 3 months.
5. Cert must be in English

• Training and certifications; ensure seafarers are trained and qualified for duties
1. All seafarers to be trained and certified as competent according to STCW

• Recruitment and placement; ensure all seafarer have access recruitment
1. All seafarer have a system for finding employment without charge
2. Ship-owner using recruitment service ensure follows code

2. Conditions of Employment
• Seafarer’s Employment Agreement; to ensure fair employment
1. Terms and conditions must be clearly written
2. Seafarer can review , seek advice before signing
3. Seafarer must have original, signed copy. SEA readily available and collective bargaining agreement(CBA) available onboard
4. Sea to contain
• full name, dob, pob.
• Ship-owner name and address
• Place, date of sea issued
• Rank
• Wages and leave pay
• Termination agreement and conditions
• Health and social security protection
• Entitlement to repatriation
• Onboard complaint procedure

• Wages; ensure seafarer paid for service
1. Wages to be paid monthly2. Pay slip  given
3. Employers give means to transfer money to family or dependents
4. Overtime record maintain by masters, signed by seafarer
5. No deduction made to retain employment

• Hours of rest and hours of work; ensure seafarers have regulated hours of work, and rest
1. Work hours not exceed 14h in any 24h period 72h/week
2. Rest hour minimum 10h in any 24h period.  77h/week
3. Rest hour max divided to 2 part, 1 of which should be 6 hours. These 2 intervals must not be more than 14hours.
4. Drills conducted to minimized disturbance of rest period
5. Ums alarms, to be compensated with rest
6. Work schedule posted at common area, common language
7. Records in standard format and given.

• Entitlement to leave; ensure seafarers have adequate leave
1. Seafarer paid annual leave at least 2.5 calendar days/ month
2. To be granted shore leave for wellbeing and health
3. Public holiday, sick leave, shore leave not consider annual leave

• Repatriation; to ensure seafarer can return home
1. To be home at no cost, if contract expire, terminated.
2. Ship owner not allowed to let seafarer make advance payment to cost.
3. If ship-owner fails, flag state must ensure and shall not refuse.
4. Cost include accommodation, food, pay and allowance until reaching home.
5. Transportation of 30kg and providing medical treatment
6. Seafarer have right to choose place of repatriation
7. Young seafarer, served 4 months, if unsuited to be sent home with no expense.

• Seafarer compensation for ship’s loss or foundering; seafarer are compensated when ship is lost.
1. Seafarer entitled to compensation for injury or loss of employment
• Manning levels; ensure ship have sufficient personnel for safe and secure operation of ship.
• Career and skill development and opportunities for seafarer’s employment; promote career and skill development, employment opportunities

3. Accommodation, Recreation, Food and Catering; ensure seafarers he decent accommodation and recreational facilities.
• Accommodation and recreational facilities.
1. Of required size, and convenient access to ship sanitary facilities. 1 toilet for 6 person, wash basin in each cabin.
2. Heating,lights, ventilation, fittings and fixure in good working condition
3. Separate sleeping room and sanitary facilties provided to men and women
4. Hospital maintained accordance with national requirement
5. Laundry facilities are adequate and functioning
6. Periodic inspection record of accommodation are available
• Food and catering; ensure seafarer have good quality food and drinking water.
1. Cook must be trained and certified
2. Food and drinking water adequate quantity
3. Seafarers not charged for food and drinking water
4. Period inspection of food, water, food prep,storage and handling are available
5. Catering facilities are hygienic and fit for purpose

4. Health Protection, Medical Care, Welfare and Social Security Protection
• Medical care on board and ashore; to protect health of seafarer and access to medical care onboard and ashore
1. To be provide at no cost
2. Standard medical report to be used
3. All ship carry medicine chest, equipment and guide
4. Ship carrying 100 person on voyage more than 3 days shall carry a doctor
5. If not require to have a seafarer in charge of medical care
6. Seafarer to go through 5 years interval of first aid training
• Safety committee meeting periodically conducted and documented

• Ship owner’s liability; to ensure seafarer protected from financial consequence of sickness, inury or death.
• To ensure seafarer work environment promotes occupational safety and health.
• Seafarer have Access to shore based welfare facilities;
• Social Security; measures  to ensure seafarer have access to social security protection

5. Compliance and Enforcement
• Flag state responsibility; to ensure flag state implement its responsibility’
• Port State Responsibilities; to ensure port state implement its responsibility in implementation and enforcement.
• Labor Supplying responsibilities; ensure each member implement responsibility under convention regards to recruitment and placement, social protection
• Authorization of RO for inspection
• Maritime labor certificate and declaration of maritime labor compliance

• Ship have complaint procedure.
1) Complaint to be made to head of department, if not master, if not ship-owner.
2) Seafarers provided with copy onboard complaint procedure in working language
3)seafarers have rights to file complaint directly with master or external authorities
• Marine Casualties; flag state to give final report to public.

A second set of amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) for improving crew safety and welfare came into force on 8 January 2019.
•  Guidance on eliminating shipboard harassment and bullying, jointly published by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).

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