Курсовая работа: Конвенции о труде в морском судоходстве
Таким образом, подводя
итог анализа международного законодательства, можно сделать вывод, что главная
ценность сводной Конвенции в том, что это единый акт, содержащий все нормы в
области социально-трудовых отношений в морском судоходстве. Она представляет
собой четкий и всеобъемлющий сборник прав и обязанностей по трудовым и
социальным вопросам для всего морского сектора. При этом Конвенция допускает
определенную гибкость на национальном уровне в отношении конкретных методов
реализации прав моряков.
Требование обязательного
соблюдения технических стандартов и обострение международной конкуренции
привели к тому, что условия труда моряков стали основным пунктом сравнительного
преимущества для большинства судоходных компаний.
Сводная Конвенция
охватывает весь спектр социально-трудовых отношений, присущих морскому
судоходству. Она устанавливает требования к возрасту, состоянию здоровья и
профессиональной подготовке моряка, к его квалификации, к системе набора и
трудоустройства, к основным условиям занятости (заработная плата, отпуск,
репатриация), к условиям производственной среды, к жилым помещениям и условиям
для отдыха на борту судна, к питанию, к столовому, медицинскому и
социально-бытовому обслуживанию, к социальному обеспечению.
В Конвенции определены
механизмы контроля соблюдения и обеспечения ее выполнения государством флага
судна и государством порта в рамках процедур портового контроля.
Единственный минус,
который можно сейчас найти – это соотнесение данной Конвенции с национальным
законодательством. Но как это будет происходить, покажет только практика.
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ILO Maritime
Labour Convention
Introduction
Navigation is
the most safe and most ecologically harmless form of commercial transportation.
Probably, in unique among branches with physical risk, adherence of safety long
time was the important question in all deep-water sea transitions of courts.
Navigation was among the five first branches which have applied the
international standards of safety.
Because of the
initially international nature safety of navigation is regulated by various
branches of the United Nations, in particular the International sea
organisation (IMO) which has developed complete system of regulation of world
sea safety.
However, daily
work of seamen is always connected with certain risk. Owing to the professional
work seamen are one of the most vulnerable groups of workers, therefore they
require special protection. First of all it is necessary to carry to negative
factors: the raised humidity in tropics, a cold in northern widths, adverse
technical factors. Also it is necessary to remember that they are torn off from
a family and a firm surface of the earth.
All these
factors are identical to seamen of all states. It has served as the reason of
creation of the uniform international documents regulating work of seamen which
were developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
The ILO is
special branch of the United Nations Organization. Within the limits of social
partnership between employers and hired workers the ILO tries to create the
positions satisfying wishes of all parties. On the basis of these the
international conventions and recommendations which are obligatory for member
countries the ILO are developed. Drawing up of the general documents for the
different states is caused, first of all, because professional work of seamen is
connected with work on courts of the various states and proceeds in the various
countries.
The
International organisation of work gives special attention to protection of
seamen, as demanding special care and attention.
By this time
are developed an order of 30 sea conventions, concerning seamen. In spite of
the fact that in each of the convention the valuable legal data contains, they
frequently do not correspond each other that causes difficulties in their
application. All it does not allow to work to the full to the international
labour norms.
Sea-craft,
being a vehicle, long time is at a distance from a site of the organisation of
sea transport and an overland infrastructure. Besides, work on a sea-craft is
connected with cumulative influence on an organism of such production factors
as noise, vibration, change of hour and climatic belts, ship rolling, an
overheat of premises, constraint of the workplaces, the raised
nervously-emotional loading owing to necessity of immediate decision-making,
special attention, stressful and extreme situations, a high level of
responsibility, etc. a condition of performance of labour function by seamen
form the basis for branch differentiation of legal regulation of their work.
Objective features of labour relations with participation of seamen generate
necessity for an establishment of the special norms regulating work of members
of crews of sea-crafts.
ILO
International
Labour Organization (ILO) is specialised establishment in United Nations
Organization system. The ILO has unique for the United Nations Organization
tripartite structure: (employers, workers and the governments).
One of and the
most important functions the ILO is acceptance of conventions and the
recommendations establishing the international norms, reflecting basic labour
human rights, and also features of application of work in separate fields of
activity. Recognising special character of work on transport, the ILO gives a
great attention to this sphere. It is connected with global character of
activity of transport, growth of its role as backbone factor in world economic
system, and also considerable influence of the human factor on effective
functioning of transport system. First of all, it concerns sea navigation.
Therefore among conventions the ILO on separate categories of workers the most
part is occupied with the conventions accepted concerning seamen.
The
international associations of trade unions actively use the specified norms for
protection of the workers, irrespective of a national identity of a vessel and
crewmen. A current state of affairs Conventions on work in sea navigation (sea
conventions) concerning seamen regulate questions of employment, the minimum
norms in a merchant marine fleet, vocational training, the device and admission
conditions for work, repatriation, a payment, working hours, safety, medical
and consumer services, and also social security.
Each member
state the ILO should present all conventions accepted by conference and
recommendations to competent national bodies for removal of the decision on
measures which should be accepted.
Since 1919
conventions and the recommendations covering almost all questions of work are
accepted: the basic labour human rights, and also features of application of
work in separate fields of activity and categories of workers.
Recognising
special character of work on transport, in the activity the ILO takes away an
important place to the international norms regulating this sphere. It is
connected with globalisation transport, growth of its role as backbone factor
in world economic system, and also considerable influence of reliability of
workers (the human factor) on effective functioning of transport system.
Conventions on
work in sea navigation regulate questions of employment, the minimum norms in a
merchant marine fleet, vocational training, the device and admission conditions
for work, repatriation, a payment, working hours, safety, medical and consumer
services, and also social security.
Concerning
dockers the ILO questions of social consequences of new methods of processing
of cargoes in ports, the safety precautions and a factory hygiene on port
works, protection against accidents on cargo handling works are regulated.
Repatriation
The problem of
maintenance of timely repatriation of seamen is the most actual part of a
shared problem of protection of the sociolabor rights of seamen. It is
connected with sharp increase in quantity of the sea-crafts floating under
so-called «a convenient flag».
On courts
under «a convenient flag» the majority of the conflict situations arising
because of infringement by ship-owners of the international norms in the field
of labour relations is fixed. Trade unions of seamen daily face this problem.
By ratified
Convention No 23 about repatriation of seamen it is established that the seaman
who has been written off on coast, has the right to be delivered back in the
country or in port where it has been employed, or in port from which flight has
begun. The seaman should not bear expenses on repatriation if it has been
left for the reason for which it does not bear responsibility.
However, the
important norm of the Convention is the duty of public authority of that
country in which the vessel is registered, to observe of repatriation of any
member of team, irrespective of its citizenship, and, if necessary, in the
advance payment to pay to it its expenses.
The convention
expands sphere of responsibility of authorities for repatriation of the seamen
working on courts under with "a convenient flag».
Obligations on
repatriation under this Convention arise along with the flag state, also at the
states of port and the states of a nationality of seamen.
Article 5 of
Convention No 166 establishes that if the ship-owner was not able to organise
repatriation or pay expenses for repatriation of the seaman:
– The
competent body of the state of a flag will organise and pays expenses for
repatriation;
– Expenses on
repatriation are subject to deduction from the ship-owner the state in which
territory the vessel is registered.
Hiring and
employment
Sources of the
international labour right or international legal regulation of work are
certificates of the United Nations and the ILO, establishing international
standards on work regulation. Major of them — declarations, pacts, the
conventions of the United Nations fixing some principles of legal regulation of
work and the basic labour rights. The United Nations great attention gives to
sociolabor questions. In their development the ILO accepts conventions and
recommendations about work problems. But the ILO as specialised concerning work
the international organisation can accept conventions and recommendations and
about other questions of the work which has been not provided in certificates
of the United Nations. Certificates the ILO and the United Nations together
make the International code of work as a legal international basis for the
edition of national norms of the labour legislation. (But it is necessary to
notice that from 300 international certificates about work by Russia are
ratified less than 50). All sources of international legal regulation of work
have contractual character.
Accepts these
certificates the supreme body the ILO — the General conference (assembly)
gathering annually in Geneva. It is constructed by a principle tripartism (i.e.
Two representatives from the government of member country the ILO and on one —
from workers and the employers, all four representatives vote independently).
Let's specify
in the major sources of the international labour right accepted by the United
Nations, and their maintenance.
The United
Nations charter in item 55 provides that United Nations activity promotes
increase of a standard of living, a full employment of the population and
conditions of economic and social progress and development.
In “the
General declaration of human rights”, the General assembly of the United
Nations accepted in 1948, provides the basic labour human rights, the right to
effective restoration of the broken rights (item 8), the right to formation,
including on popular technical and professional, including the higher (item
20). In item 23 very important human rights are fixed: the right to work, a
free choice of work, fair and favorable working conditions and on protection
against unemployment; on equal payment for equal work without any
discrimination; on the fair and satisfactory compensation providing worthy
existence for the worker and his family and supplemented if necessary and other
means of social security; the right to create trade unions and to enter into
trade unions for protection of the interests.
The
declaration fixes a right to rest, specifying that “each person has the right
to rest and leisure, including the right to reasonable restriction of the
working day and to paid periodic holiday”.
All labour
rights of the General declaration of human rights it is more developed the
United Nations in 1966 in the International pact about the economic, social and
cultural rights are fixed, the part of III which is devoted the sociolabor
rights. And unlike the Declaration which is not subject to ratification by the
states, the International pact of the United Nations is subject to ratification
by the states joining it.
The
international pact about the economic, social and cultural rights contains the
basic international labour rights in item 2-15 and specifies in realisation of
the proclaimed rights without any discrimination on race, colour of a skin, a
floor, language, religion, to political and other belief, national or to a
social origin, a property status, a birth or other circumstances (item 2), on
maintenance equal for men and women of the right to have the economic, social
and cultural rights. Article 6 of the given Pact provides that the states
participating in him “recognise the right to the work, including right of each
person to possibility reception to earn to itself on a life work which he
freely chooses or on which freely agrees. In it measures which should be
accepted the states participating in the Pact with a view of full realisation
of this right are provided also: Programs of professional training and
preparation, way and methods of achievement of steady economic, social and
cultural development and full productive employment in the conditions
guaranteeing basic political and economic freedom. Article 7 of the Pact of the
United Nations of 1966 provides the right of everyone to fair and favorable
working conditions, including in particular:
a) the
compensation providing, at least, with all worker:
— The fair
salary and equal compensation for work of equal value without any distinction,
and, in particular, to women working conditions not worse what men with equal
payment for equal work use should be guaranteed;
— Satisfactory
existence for them and their families according to decisions of the present
Pact;
b) the working
conditions which are meeting the requirements of safety and hygiene;
c) possibility
of advancement identical to all on work on corresponding higher steps it is
exclusive on the basis of the seniority and qualification;
d) rest,
leisure both reasonable restriction of working hours and paid periodic holiday,
no less than compensation for holidays (International law in documents, with.
310).
Pact article 8 in detail enough has provided the right of everyone to have the trade-union rights and protection,
including the right to strikes. Thus in item 3 of this article it is underlined
that nothing the ILO of 1948 about freedom of associations and protection of
the right to the organisation grants the rights to the state-participants of
the Convention to accept the legislation to the detriment of guarantees of this
convention.
Pact article 8 in detail enough has provided the right of everyone to have the trade-union rights and protection,
including the right to strikes. Thus in item 3 of this article it is underlined
that nothing the ILO of 1948 about freedom of associations and protection of
the right to the organisation grants the rights to the state-participants of
the Convention to accept the legislation to the detriment of guarantees of this
convention.
Rather new
field of activity the ILO is its Program in the field of perfection of
management methods by the enterprises and labour productivity increases, and
also employment regulation. The ultimate goal of the Program the ILO on
management of the enterprises — to promote development in heads of the
enterprises of wider approach to the duties on training of the personnel and
other aspects of increase of labour productivity, mastering by heads of
technics of management by the modern enterprises, methods of management control
and to development of progressive sights at mutual relations between
administration and workers. Practical work of experts the ILO on such training,
and especially supervising personnel, to safety precautions regulations and a
factory hygiene has great value.
The primary
goals the ILO according to its charter:
— Working out
of the co-ordinated policy and the programs directed on the decision of social
problems;
— Working out
and acceptance of international-labour norms for realisation of the accepted
policy;
— The help to
member countries the ILO in the decision of problems of employment and
unemployment reduction;
— Protection
of labour human rights, improvement of conditions, labour safeties, mutual
relations of workers with administration working out of measures on special
protection in work and employment of the poorly socially protected groups of
the population.
By 2001 the
ILO has accepted more than 182 conventions and 190 recommendations (in Russia
operate less these 1/3 of conventions). Conventions the ILO for the country, to
them joined by their ratification, are obligatory for execution. The ILO
supervises it. Recommendations the ILO are not subject to ratification, but
their value that they often in detail explain conventions, supplement them, and
recommendations the ILO on the questions which have been not provided by
conventions, help with perfection of the national labour legislation. Many
recommendations simply duplicate conventions, helping those countries which
have not joined corresponding convention.
The basic
labour human rights were, as it was specified, are fixed by United Nations
certificates. These labour rights concretise certificates the ILO, for example,
about a forced labour interdiction — the Convention №29 (1936) and the
Convention № 105 (1957). In the convention № 29 it is developed the concept of
forced labour, of the Convention № 105 is given measures on forced labour
elimination, including its interdiction as a summary punishment measure are
expanded.
Considerable quantity
of certificates the ILO concretises positions of certificates of the United
Nations about equality in work and a discrimination interdiction in work and
employment (the Convention № 100, 111 and 117, etc.).
General
provisions on employment of the Pact of the United Nations of 1966 and in
particular about achievement by the state-participants of full productive
employment, are concretised in a number of conventions and the recommendations
the ILO concerning mainly to protection against unemployment of poorly
protected groups of the population (invalids, women, youth, elderly,
workers-migrants) or to certain branches (to agriculture, fishery, etc.). So,
the Convention № 122 “About the politician in the field of employment” (1964)
proclaims the active policy of the states in assistance of the full productive
and freely selected employment of able-bodied population.
In a number of
certificates the ILO criteria of a wrongful dismissal are established and
protection against them is provided. So, the Convention № 158 provides that
dismissal is possible only in the presence of the lawful bases connected with
abilities or behaviour of the worker or a recognition of manufacture by the
bankrupt.
The convention
the ILO № 47 “About reduction of working hours till forty o'clock in a week” in
1935 has established the international standard of working week — 40 hours as
normal working hours. This standard some developed countries, for example,
Fraction, under the national legislation have reduced till 39 o'clock in working
week, and now it has passed for 35-hour working week. Overtime works according
to certificates the ILO (the Recommendation № 116) are supposed only in certain
cases and limits and are subject to additional payment.
Annual
holidays paid for average earnings are established by Conventions the ILO №52
(1936) and № 132 (1970) according to which such holiday is given not less than
three working weeks for every year works. In the experience on holiday it is
set off both illness, and holiday on pregnancy and sorts. The convention № 14
“About weekly rest at the industrial enterprises” (1921) has established the
weekly days off.
Concerning
wages the ILO has accepted a number of conventions and recommendations,
basically they concern establishments of the state minimum of the salary (the
Convention № 131 1970), equal payment for equivalent work of the man and the
woman (the Convention № 100 1951), wages protection (the Convention № 95 1949),
obliging the states to provide regular payment of wages).
Especially the
ILO concerning a labour safety (the safety precautions and a factory hygiene),
in particular about an interdiction of use of some harmful substances (white
phosphorus, benzene, etc.) in manufacture, about a labour safety of children
and teenagers, the minimum age of their admission to separate kinds of work,
about an interdiction of use of their work and women on underground works,
about physical examination of children and teenagers for finding-out of their
suitability to work in the industry is a lot of conventions and
recommendations.
Recommendations
№ 130 are devoted an order of consideration of individual labour disputes.
Wide
circulation practice of hiring and employment of seamen through intermediary
(круинговые) has received the organisations.
Ratified
convention No 179 about hiring and employment of seamen establishes concrete
requirements to activity of such organisations (in the Convention - hiring and
employment services).
In particular
the Convention defines concept of competent body which means the minister, the
appointed official, the governmental department or other authority, authorised
to publish statutory acts, orders or the instructions having a binding force
concerning hiring and employment of seamen.
By the
convention it is established that the state defines conditions at which
delivery of licences, certificates or similar permissions to hiring and
employment service can stop or be cancelled in case of infringement of the
corresponding legislation.
By the
convention it is established that the competent body demands from services of
hiring and employment of acceptance of the measures providing presence of means
at the employer for protection of seamen from danger to appear left in
difficult situation in foreign port.
The convention
defines, that the competent body has created the protection mechanism, in the
form of insurance or in other equivalent form, for indemnification to seamen of
a monetary damage which they can incur because of default by service of hiring
and employment of the obligations to them.
Identification
cards of the seaman
In connection
with the measures accepted on struggle against terrorism and for the purpose of
increase of level of identification of the person of the seaman, Convention No
185 about identification cards of seamen is accepted.
The convention
provides introduction by the states of identification cards of the seamen
containing the biometric information on their owners. The certificate has the
independent status and is not the passport.
Supervision
and the control
By convention
No147 on the minimum norms in a merchant marine fleet it is established that
each Member of the Organization ratifying the present Convention, undertakes to
carry out effective jurisdiction or the control over the courts registered in
its territory, in the relation:
– Norms of
safety, including norms concerning qualification, durations of working hours
and crew completion;
– Social
insurance measures;
– Working
conditions and living conditions onboard a vessel.
The convention
demands from the state to check by inspection that the vessels registered in
its territory, answer the ratified international conventions on work, laws and
rules, collective agreements.
Considering
width of sphere of the control, Convention positions provide presence of
"the central co-ordinating body» which should establish principles and a
quality monitoring. It bears responsibility for the organisation of check of
working conditions and a life of seamen on courts of the state of a flag.
Berbout-charter-party
By convention
No147 on the minimum norms in a merchant marine fleet it is established that
the flag state undertakes to carry out effective jurisdiction or the control
over the courts registered in its territory, concerning working conditions and
living conditions onboard a vessel.
The system
decision of this question will demand the good analysis and preparation of
offers on change of the national legislation.
The
statistical reporting
Convention
No134 on accident prevention covers the accidents occurred to the seaman in an
operating time or connected with it. Competent bodies should take measures for
that maintenance that the detailed statistical account and the analysis of the
data about such accidents was carried out.
Feature of
this account consists that along with the account of number, character, the
reasons and consequences of accidents it is necessary to divide them on
services onboard a vessel, for example: deck, machine, economic, and with
instructions of a site of a vessel, for example: in the sea or in port.
Besides, the
Convention demands, that competent authorities organised on the basis of this
statistics working out of programs on accident prevention not only on each
vessel, but also at federal level.
Sanitary
rules and norms
Convention No
92 about premises for crew onboard courts establishes the requirements
connected with construction, re-equipment and repair of courts.
On the
statement the drawing of this vessel with instructions of placing and the
general device of premises for crew is represented to competent authority.
Prior to the
beginning of construction of premises for crew and before reorganisation or
reconstruction of such premises on existing courts to competent authority
detailed drawings and data concerning premises, arrangements of each space,
placing of furniture and the equipment, an arrangement of ventilation,
illumination and heating and sanitary devices are submitted for approval.
The convention
demands, that in each case of changes of a premise for vessel or complaint crew
from outside trade unions the competent authority examined a vessel and was
convinced that premises for crew correspond to legislation requirements.
However, it is
necessary to notice that operating sanitary rules for sea-crafts morally have
become outdated. So in Convention No 133, on premises for crew onboard the
courts, supplementing Convention No 92, additional requirements on metric area
of premises and cabins for the personnel of courts, to metric area of dining
rooms and acquisition by their refrigerators and other household appliances,
metric area, quantity and equipment of premises for rest contain.
In connection
with the above-stated, it is necessary to process corresponding sanitary rules
and requirements under safety precautions for sea-crafts, and to issue them in
the form of technical regulations.
Safety
regulation at the international level
Trading
navigation is one of the most adjustable branches and was one of the first
branches which have applied the international standards in sphere of safety.
Recommendations
about safety of navigation are developed at world level. As navigation is the
international branch, it is necessary, that it was exposed to uniform
regulation on such questions, as vessel construction standards, navigating
rules, standards of qualification of crews.
The navigable
branch is regulated first of all by the International sea organisation (IMO)
which is in London and is the branch of the United Nations responsible for
safety of a life in the sea and protection of a sea environment. The
International Labour Organization (ILO) also is responsible for working out of
labour standards for seamen worldwide.
IMO has
accepted the universal concept of detailed technical rules in the form of the
international diplomatic conventions which regulate safety of courts and
protection of the sea environment. The governments of the countries which
consist in IMO, should instal these international rules and make sure that the
vessels registered under their flags observe these rules.
The main
responsibility for introduction of rules IMO concerning safety of navigation
and protection of the sea environment lies on the flag states (i.e. the
countries in which trading vessels are registered, they can differ from the
countries to which vessels actually belong).
he basic
documents regulating sea safety
Further the
basic international navigable conventions accepted IMOи ILO which concern
safety and pollution prevention are listed.
Conventions
which concern vessel activity
SOLAS (the
International convention on safety of a life in the sea, 1974) lists the list
of necessary minimum standards for a safe vessel construction, the capital
equipment for safety (protection against a fire, navigation, saving means and
radio) which are necessary onboard. This convention also demands regular checks
of a vessel and release by the states of a flag of certificates of conformity.
MARPOL (the
International convention on prevention of pollution from courts, 1973/1978)
contains requirements on prevention of pollution which can be entailed
accidents and daily activity of a vessel.
COLREG (the
Convention by the international rules on prevention of collisions in the sea,
1972) describes "traffic regulation", such as the right of pass and
action on prevention of collisions.
LOADLINE (the
International convention on cargo waterlines, 1966) describes is minimum
admissible surface board, according to a season of year and trading ways of a
vessel.
ISPS (the
International code of safety of a vessel and port, 2002) includes necessary
requirements on safety of courts and the port equipment.
Conventions
which concern activity of the navigable company
ISM (the
International code by safe management, 1993) demands from the navigable
companies presence of the licence for work. The companies and their vessels
should pass regular checks to be convinced that the safety system exists,
including sufficient procedures and communication between a vessel and its
management ashore.
Conventions
which works of seamen concern
STCW (the
International convention under standards of training, certification and
execution of watch for seamen, 1978/1995) establishes uniform standards of
knowledge for seamen.
ILO 147 (the
Convention on trading navigation ILO, 1976) demands from the government of the
countries of presence of the effective legislation concerning work, such as
business hours, the medical validity and operating conditions for seamen. It
has been replaced by convention MLC 2006 (the Convention on sea work ILO,
2006).
The
convention on work in sea navigation
From February,
7 till February, 23rd, 2006 in Geneva there has passed 94th (sea) session of
the International conference of work. On it the Convention on work in sea
navigation which inherently was summary has been accepted and should become the
uniform co-ordinated certificate regulating work of seamen.
The Convention
purpose – to unite in one international contract all newest standards on work
on the sea, containing in a number of conventions and recommendations of the
International organisation of work. The convention reconsiders 36 international
contracts operating now and unifies their norms for the purpose of assistance
to creation of worthy working conditions of seamen.
The summary
Convention replaces almost all earlier existing sea conventions and the
recommendations accepted by the International conference of work since 1920,
and allows to harmonise positions of the national labour right of the different
countries. It is important first of all for the transport organisations, and
first of all – for sea navigation. With the advent of the international labour
market of seamen when they can be employed on the ships under any flag, sea
navigation has turned to the first-ever originally global branch. It to the
full concerns also our country because the significant amount of the Russian seamen
floats on courts under flags of other states.
Roland Ajvz
(RolandIves), the manager on a problem of the human factor and external
relations the ILO in Lloyd's Register, spoke about that huge work which expects
the organisation, such as Lloyd's Register, which states name «the responsible
organisations». As he said, estimation has shown that inspection the ILO on the
bulk ship with crew from 30 persons can be tightened at 9-12 o'clock.
By its
calculations, check are subject to 69 thousand courts worldwide, and more than
50 % of these inspections will spend the responsible organisations. As the
responsible organisation, LLOYD'S REGISTER should protect powers of the state
port control, the shipowners consisting in the Register, and the most important
– to achieve conformity to norms and convention rules. The convention purpose –
the decision of questions, such as the weariness reasons, industrial traumas,
living conditions and work, preservation of crews and круинг
The convention
has been proclaimed by the Bill about the Rights of seamen and «the fourth
pillar» legislations of sea navigation along with conventions Solas, STCW and
Marpol. It consists of five parts where following questions are considered:
* minimal
requirements to seamen onboard a vessel;
* terms of
employment;
* premises,
conditions for rest, service and a food;
* health
protection and social security, medical and consumer services;
* performance
of requirements and monitoring behind performance
After a
meeting of ministers in the beginning of June, 2006 the European ministerial
council of transport has made decision to resolve to member states to ratify
the convention, and on the basis of the decision of member state are invited to
ratify it till the end of 2010 ». It means that member states will enter the
convention directly through national legislature, instead of through the
convention statement through Eurocommission instructions. Though the ILO has
not established any special dates of carrying out of the convention in a life
when it has accepted the convention in 2006, the requirement about its
ratification by 30th member states, representing 33 % of world fleet before it
will come into force is exposed.
The convention
is applied (except for cases when other directly is not provided) to all courts
which are in the state or private possession which are engaged in commercial
sea navigation, behind an exception: the courts occupied with a fish or similar
craft, and courts of traditional construction, such, as flat-bottomed boats and
jonks. Convention requirements do not extend on the military and
military-auxiliary ships.
The convention
includes three various, but the interconnected element: Articles, Rules and the
Code. In Articles and Rules the major rights and principles, and also the basic
obligations of the states ratifying the Convention are listed. They can change
only General conference of the International organisation of work. The code
details the requirements, concerning performance of Rules. Rules and the Code
are grouped in five sections.
The section I
(«Minimal requirements concerning work of seamen onboard a vessel») establishes
the minimum norms which should be observed before seamen will start to work
onboard. Seamen should be more senior the minimum age, have the health
certificate certifying their suitability on a state of health to performance of
the official duties, and also to have appropriate preparation and
qualification. Besides, seamen should have access to effective and accurately
adjustable system of a set and employment.
The section II
(«employment Conditions») regulates conditions of signing of the labour
contract; questions of wages, duration of working hours and time of rest,
annual holiday, repatriation, indemnification to seamen in case of loss or
flooding of a vessel, completion of courts by crews, development of career,
improvement of professional skill and possibilities for employment of seamen.
The section
III («Premises, conditions for rest, a food and table service») contains the
norms shown together, concerning premises for crew, questions of a food and
table service. Besides, here the requirements, concerning preventions of
influence of noise and vibration in industrial and residential zones are fixed.
Section IV
(«Health protection, health services, social service and protection in the
field of social security») regulates questions of health services onboard a
vessel and on coast, health protection, safety and accident preventions, access
of seamen to coastal objects of social appointment, social security. Among
other requirements responsibility of ship-owners for health protection and
health services of seamen here is established.
The section V
(«Observance and performance maintenance») defines duties of the states
ratifying the Convention. The section contains three key rules. The rule the
first defines responsibility of the state for Convention performance on the
courts floating under its flag, including an establishment of effective system
of inspection and survey. The rule the second defines measures of the state
port control over foreign courts in the ports. The rule the third defines
duties of the states on a set and employment of seamen, and also in the field
of social security of seamen which are its citizens or have a constant
residence in its territory.
In comparison
with the previous conventions new addition of system of survey in inspection
system, increase in number of the bases for detention of foreign courts in
ports and the registered procedure of consideration of complaints of seamen
here is.
Essentially
new in the Convention of 2006 unlike the previous sea Conventions the ILO is
that:
- For the
first time necessity of presence onboard a vessel of the certificate on
conformity and the declaration on observance of labour norms in sea navigation
that is primary acknowledgement of that a working condition and a life is
proclaimed, the organisation of works on a vessel on a labour safety and
performance of the labour legislation correspond or are equivalent to the
Convention the ILO;
- Coming into
force of the given Convention has the features which are stated in article VIII
where it is told in the subparagraph «3. The present Convention comes into
force in 12 months after document registration date about ratification not less
than 30 member states, the general share of which gross tonnage of a merchant
marine fleet makes 33 percent».
According to
plan the ILO the Convention will be ratified by necessary number of
participants in 2011. The European Parliament in the Instruction has urged the
members to ratify the Convention in 2010.
As of May,
1st, 2009 the Convention is already ratified by five states (Liberia, the
Bahamas, Marshall Islands, Panama, Norway), 40 % of world fleet possessing
more. It allows to draw a conclusion that the Convention can become obligatory
in 2011.
At creation of
the given Convention started with basic principles and the rights in work
sphere; that understanding that seamen require special protection; also took
into consideration the international norms concerning safety of courts, their
crews and passengers; and also aspired to that this document has been made so
that in the greatest possible degree to provide its wide acceptability for the
governments, ship-owners and the seamen adhering to principles of worthy work
that it easily gave in to updating and that it it was possible to apply and
provide its performance effectively.
In the
Convention it is underlined, each seaman has the right on:
Workplace
which should correspond to norms of safety;
Fair
conditions of employment;
Worthy working
conditions and lives onboard a vessel;
Health
protection, health services, social service and other forms of social
protection.
In this
connection, each state-participant of the Convention should provide full
realisation of the labour and social rights of the seamen specified in the
given Convention.
Therefore each
state ratifying the Convention, should bring the legislation into accord with
it. Also it is obliged to create system of maintenance of observance of
requirements of the given Convention, including regular checks, representation
of reports, monitoring and legal procedures according to the applicable
legislation.
It proves to
be true the Certificate on conformity to labour norms in sea navigation and the
Declaration on observance of labour norms in sea navigation which would
correspond to the analyzed Convention.
If the vessel
floats under the flag of the state which ratified the Convention it can be at
any moment to be subjected inspection not only the flag state, but also other
member state ratifying the Convention, at the moment of a vessel finding in one
of ports, for the purpose of definition, whether are observed on this vessel of
the requirement of the Convention.
For the
analysis of actions of the given Convention Administrative Advice the ILO
creates special committee which is allocated with powers of consideration of
labour norms in sea navigation.
The committee
includes on two representatives from each member state Conventions, and also
representatives of ship-owners and the seamen, appointed Administrative council
after consultations of the Parity sea commission.
Those states
which yet did not ratify the Convention, can take part in committee work, but
have no right to vote on one of questions.
Requirements
to work of the seamen, provided in the present Convention
• Restrictions
on the maximum age the Convention does not establish the Minimum age which
makes 16 years,
• Work
seamen by whom 18 years were not executed yet Is forbidden at night,
• If work
can threaten health or safety of the seaman it is forbidden to involve in it of
persons, 18 years are younger,
• Seamen
are not supposed to work onboard a vessel without physical examination,
• The
seamen who have done not pass vocational training are not supposed to work or
have not received the diploma (certificate), certifying their competence, or
otherwise not confirmed the qualification allowing them to carry out the
duties.
• The
Services which are engaged in employment of seamen and selection of the
personnel, should correspond the requirements, shown to them the analyzed
Convention.
• If there
are the private organisations which are engaged in employment of seamen and
selection of the personnel they should take place without fail licensing or
certifications, according to requirements of the Convention and the local
legislation.
• Thus the
Convention enters an interdiction for payment in full or in part commission or
other costs for employment and employment, or for workplace granting, except
for expenses which the seaman bears in connection with reception of the health
certificate provided by the national legislation, national book of the seaman
and passport or other similar personal travel papers (expenses on payment of
visas the ship-owner bears),
• Employment
Services should conduct without fail and constantly update the list of all
seamen, employment and which employment have been provided by them, this list
should be accessible to competent body to check (the list should contain: the
data about qualification of seamen; the data about the work experience; the
personal data, concerning works on hiring; the medical data concerning work on
hiring);
At contract
signing it is necessary to trace, that seamen have attentively familiarised
with the labour contract and understood the rights and duties; that the given
labour contracts corresponded to the legislation and the Convention,
Whether • Services
on employment should in process of forces and possibilities to check possesses
the ship-owner means for maintenance of protection of seamen from danger to
appear without means of support in foreign port;
• Also services
on employment should trace obligatory insurance or other equivalent form with a
view of indemnification to seamen of a monetary damage which they can incur as
a result of default by service of hiring and employment of the obligations to
seamen or the corresponding ship-owner of the obligations to seamen according
to the labour contract.
• Behind all
services of hiring strict supervision is established. All licences or
certificates, or similar forms of the permission to realisation of activity of
services on employment are given or renew only after check of that the
corresponding service of hiring and employment of seamen meets the requirements
national of the legislation and standard legal certificates.
• Also
specially appointed competent body should have possibility for investigation,
in case of need, the complaints, services of hiring concerning to activity and
employment of seamen, with attraction, depending on circumstances,
representatives of ship-owners and seamen,
The state
ratifying the Convention, should provide possibility to the citizens to
familiarise with the possible problems, connected with employment on a vessel
floating under the flag of the state which did not ratify the present
Convention while it will not be convinced that the norms equivalent to what are
established in the present Convention are applied.
The service of
a set and employment of seamen, should cover following questions:
1) Physical
examination of seamen,
2) Maintenance
and conducting the list of seamen,
3) Maintenance
and updating of the list of courts for which seamen steal up,
4) The
prevention of possible operation of seamen,
5) The
exhaustive list of expenses which are probable for employment of seamen,
6) Creation
of system of informing of seamen about a possible place of work and about given
conditions,
7) The
mechanism of check of the documents given at employment,
8) Maintenance
of check of documents and regulations onboard a vessel where employ seamen.
Thus member
states Conventions should communicate regularly about sea branch as a whole and
about a labour market, in particular, about development of the sea labour
legislation to co-ordinate a policy and the legislation in the field of hiring
and the labour legislation.
The labour
contract of the seaman should contain:
1) A surname,
a name and a patronymic of the seaman, date of its birth or age and a place of
its birth;
2) A name and
the address of the ship-owner;
3) A place and
date of a conclusion of employment agreement of the seaman;
4) A post on
which the seaman is employed;
5) The size of
wages of the seaman or, there, where it is applicable, - the formula used for
its calculation;
6) The size of
payment of annual holiday or, there, where it is applicable, - the formula used
for its calculation;
7) Term and
conditions of cancellation of the contract, including:
• If the
contract is concluded without day - the conditions giving
• The right
of any of the parties to terminate it, and also term for the notice about
• Cancellation
provided that such term will not be shorter for
• The
ship-owner, than for the seaman;
• If the
contract is concluded for certain term - exact date
• The
contract expiry of the term; and
• If the
contract is concluded on one flight - port of destination and
• Time which
should expire after the arrival in port, before the seaman
• Can be
written off from a vessel;
• Health
services and social security benefits,
• Given to
the seaman the ship-owner;
• The right
of the seaman to repatriation;
• The
reference to the collective agreement if it is applicable;
• Any other
data demanded according to the national legislation.
Conclusion
Thus, summing
up the analysis of the international legislation, it is possible to draw a
conclusion that the main value of the summary Convention that is the uniform
certificate containing all norms in the field of sociolabor relations in sea
navigation. It represents the accurate and universal collection of the rights
and duties on labour and to social problems for all sea sector. Thus the
Convention supposes certain flexibility at national level concerning concrete
methods of realisation of the rights of seamen.
The
requirement of obligatory observance of technical standards and aggravation of
the international competition have led to that working conditions of seamen
became the basic point of comparative advantage to the majority of the
navigable companies.
The summary
Convention covers all spectrum of the sociolabor relations inherent in sea
navigation. She establishes requirements to age, a state of health and
vocational training of the seaman, to its qualification, to set and employment
system, to the basic conditions of employment (a wages, holiday, repatriation),
to conditions of the industrial environment, to premises and conditions for
rest onboard a vessel, to a food, to table, medical and social service, to
social security.
In the
Convention mechanisms of the control of observance and maintenance of its
performance with the state of a flag of a vessel and the state of port within
the limits of procedures of the port control are defined.
The unique
minus which can be found now is a correlation of the given Convention with the
national legislation. But as it will occur, practice will show only.