Shipping: Conditions of Employment
Commons · Question 81365 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce legislation to provide UK seafarers with equivalent (a) redundancy, (b) dismissal protections and (c) other employment rights to onshore workers.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 17 Oct 2025
The Government is committed to strengthening workers’ rights at sea, and the Employment Rights Bill includes measures to improve protections for seafarers facing collective redundancy, and powers to protect the working conditions of seafarers aboard frequ...