Seafarers' Charter: Shipping
Commons · Question 20157 · Tabled 16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to make the signing of the seafarers charter by maritime operators compulsory.
Answer
Answered by Mike Kane, 19 Dec 2024
The Government is committed to strengthening workers’ rights at sea, and has tabled an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to give Ministers powers to create a legally-binding Seafarers’ Charter that will protect and improve seafarer working condition...