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Important
developments are underway at the
International Labour Organisation in
Geneva that could, in about four
years from now, lead to the labour
body adopting a maritime convention.
The
new ILO convention is mean to
“boil down” some 30 conventions
and 20 recommendations in an
updating simplifying and unifying
exercise.
The
idea is to make it easier for
government to adopt and enforce
employment regulations which at the
moment are complex and difficult to
amend.
The
record of ratification and
enforcement of ILO convention has
been poor.
The
only one with any real meaning for
the industry is ILO No 147 sets
minimum standards, including a
minimum wage. (It is currently
US$435 a month and is set to rise to
US$450 next January and again to
US$465 in 2003.)
The
ILO sees the new convention – also
known as “Bill of Rights For
Seafarers”, a human factors’
convention or simply the framework
convention.
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