Former Technip chief officer loses age discrimination appeal
A seafarer who took Technip to court over allegations of age discrimination as part of a redundancy settlement has lost a court appeal.
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Offshore sector accused of ‘rampant exploitation’ as seafarers miss out on wage increase
Maritime union RMT accused the government of failing to address “loopholes” which mean thousands of seafarers will be ineligible for minimum wage rises.
Key countries agree to help bring home 200,000 seafarers stuck on ships
More than a dozen countries with crucial global shipping hubs agreed to ease port and border restrictions for seafarers to help the more than 200,000 workers still stranded on vessels return home.
RMT urges UK government to fulfill seafarer wages ‘pledge’
Trade union bosses have urged the UK Government act on its pledge to enforce minimum wage payments for seafarers.
Seafarers’ safety ‘at risk thanks to flag of convenience practices’
The UK Coastguard Agency must respond to concerns that safety of UK seafarers is being compromised by North Sea operators employing foreign workers from lightly regulated regimes in order to “exploit our natural resources”, a Holyrood committee has said.