Complaints relating conditions of employment continue to make up the majority (54 per cent) of the Maritime Labour Convention complaints reported to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority last year, AMSA […]
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/conditions-of-employment-continue-to-attract-most-complaints/
Millions of people depend directly on the sea for their livelihoods and hundreds of millions more rely on them for food. Safeguarding the rights and conditions of seafarers has been part of the ILO’s work for more than 100 years.
In June 2022, Member States adopted important amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 – which is widely known as the “seafarers’ bill of rights”.
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Watch: Updated Standards Improve Maritime Workers’ Protection...
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The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has warned of the alarming increase in the number of reports of abandoned seafarers in 2021. The post IMO raises concerns over alarming number of…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/imo-raises-concerns-over-alarming-number-of-abandoned-seafarers/
New due diligence tool aims to help businesses uphold their responsibility to protect human rights at sea, says a press release published on IMO’s website.
Guidance IssuedA wide-ranging set of guidance has been issued to help enterprises using shipping services to protect the human rights of seafarers, as hundred of thousands are still stranded on ships due to COVID-19 imposed travel restrictions.
The Human Rights Due Diligence Tool is a joint initiative of the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the...
https://mfame.guru/guidance-issued-to-protect-the-human-rights-of-seafarers/
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Committee of Experts issued a ruling that governments have […] The post Landmark ILO ruling says govts failed to protect seafarers’ rights…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global crisis that has...
https://mfame.guru/ilo-issues-revised-note-on-maritime-labour-issues-and-covid-19/
According to a Reuters report, the International Labour Organization, ILO announced on Tuesday that the outlook for the global labour market in the second half of 2020 is “highly uncertain” and the forecast recovery will not be enough for employment to return to pre-pandemic levels this year
Fall in Working Hours Worse Than ExpectedIn its latest report, the U.N. agency said the fall in global working hours was “significantly worse than previously estimated” in the first half of the year.
The...
https://mfame.guru/no-return-to-pre-covid19-job-levels-140m-jobs-affected-ilo/
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has called on national governments to recognise seafarers as essential workers, as the number of stranded crews continues to rise.
In a joint statement by the IMO and fellow UN bodies the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Labour Organization (ILO), said that from the middle of June, around 150,000 maritime personnel a month will need to take international flights to either join or disembark …
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Governments around the world have been urged by the heads of three specialised UN agencies to ease crew change restrictions at seaports and airports, and to designate maritime, aviation and logistics personnel as key workers.
Kitack Lim, the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, together with Fang Liu, the head of...
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/help-transport-workers-un-heads-urge-world-governments/
ILO to make the maritime profession more attractive and accessible to young and women seafarers.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/272706/ilo-women-young-seafarers-gain-more-attention/