Common use of Health and Social Security Protection Benefits Clause in Contracts

Health and Social Security Protection Benefits. These include payment by the shipowner of any costs incurred in respect of any sickness or injury occurring between the date on which they commenced duty on board a ship and the date on which they are deemed to have been duly repatriated. This also includes payments that shipowners are required to make in respect of the death or long term disability of a seafarer due to an occupational injury, illness or hazard occurring while the seafarer is serving under a seafarer’s employment agreement or arising from their employment under such agreement, and compensation in case of loss or foundering of the ship. Note 10 - Repatriation - The destination for repatriation must be one of the following: the place where the seafarer signed their employment agreement; their country of residence; the place specified in any applicable collective agreement; or, subject to the agreement of the shipowner, another place of the seafarer's choosing. Note 11- Maximum duration of service periods after which you are entitled to repatriation The maximum period of service following which a seafarer will be entitled to repatriation is to be not more than 52 weeks minus the period of statutory paid annual leave - see note 6. There is however no statutory obligation on a seafarer to take repatriation at that time if he/she chooses to serve on board for a longer period e.g. to complete a period of sea time for certification purposes. Shipowners/employers may not however require a seafarer to continue to serve on board once the maximum period of service has expired except in an emergency or similar extenuating circumstances. Note 12 - Applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement(s) - SEAs may, where applicable, incorporate any applicable collective bargaining agreements. Therefore the terms and conditions contained in a collective bargaining agreement should be appended to, or incorporated by reference into, and thus form part of an SEA. Collective bargaining agreements may not however be substituted entirely for individual SEAs in respect of seafarers employed on UK registered vessels. It should also be noted that in the event of any conflict between the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement and UK general or merchant shipping legislation, the relevant UK legislation will prevail.

Health and Social Security Protection Benefits. These include payment by (see Notes 8 and 9) If you become sick or injured while on a voyage, you will be paid your normal basic wages until you have been repatriated in accordance with the repatriation provisions set out below. After you have been repatriated you will be paid your normal basic wages excluding bonuses up to a maximum of ………………………….weeks [insert number which shall be 16 or above] less the amount of any Statutory Sick Pay or Social Security Sickness Benefit to which you may be entitled. If you require medical care while you are on-board this will be provided free of charge, including access to necessary medicines, medical equipment and facilities for diagnosis and treatment and medical information and expertise. Where practicable and appropriate, you will be given leave to visit a qualified medical doctor or dentists in ports of call for the purpose of obtaining treatment. In the event of sickness or incapacity, you will be provided with medical care, including medical treatment and the supply of necessary medicines and therapeutic devices and board and lodging away from home until your recovery or until your sickness or incapacity has been declared of a permanent character, subject to a maximum period of……………weeks[insert number which shall be 16 or above]. In addition the shipowner will return your property left on board to you or your next of any costs incurred kin. In the event of your death occurring on board or ashore during a voyage, the shipowner will meet the cost of burial expenses, or cremation where appropriate or required by local legislation, and will return your property left on board to your next of kin. Compensation in respect of any sickness or injury occurring between the date on which they commenced duty on board loss of personal property as a ship and the date on which they are deemed to have been duly repatriated. This also includes payments that shipowners are required to make in respect result of the death or long term disability of a seafarer due to an occupational injury, illness or hazard occurring while the seafarer is serving under a seafarer’s employment agreement or arising from their employment under such agreement, and compensation in case of loss or foundering of the ship. Note 10 - Repatriation - The destination for repatriation must be one vessel Where you lose personal property, as a result of the following: vessel on which you are serving foundering or being lost, the place where shipowner will pay compensation up to a maximum of …………. (insert amount). Repatriation (see Note 10) You will be entitled to repatriation, at the seafarer signed their employment agreement; their country of residence; the place specified in any applicable collective agreement; or, subject to the agreement expense of the shipowner, another place of the seafarer's choosing. Note 11- Maximum duration of service periods after which if you are entitled to repatriation The maximum period away from your country of service following which a seafarer will be entitled to repatriation residence when this agreement is to be not more than 52 weeks minus terminated:- by the period of statutory paid annual leave - see note 6. There is however no statutory obligation on a seafarer to take repatriation at that time if he/she chooses to serve on board for a longer period e.g. to complete a period of sea time for certification purposes. Shipowners/employers may not however require a seafarer to continue to serve on board once the maximum period of service has expired except in an emergency or similar extenuating circumstances. Note 12 - Applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement(s) - SEAs may, where applicable, incorporate any applicable collective bargaining agreements. Therefore the terms and conditions contained in a collective bargaining agreement should be appended to, or incorporated shipowner by reference into, and thus form part of an SEA. Collective bargaining agreements may not however be substituted entirely for individual SEAs in respect of seafarers employed on UK registered vessels. It should also be noted that you in the event of any conflict between the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement and UK general illness or merchant shipping legislationinjury or other medical condition requiring your repatriation, the relevant UK legislation will prevailevent that the ship is proceeding to a Warlike Operations Area or the event of termination or interruption of employment in accordance with an industrial award or collective agreement. in circumstances where you are no longer able to carry out your duties under this agreement or cannot be expected to do so e.g. shipwreck, the sale of your ship or a change in your ship’s registration. The entitlement to repatriation entails transport by …………………(insert means of transport) to...............................................(insert place name or country).:

Health and Social Security Protection Benefits. These include payment by the shipowner of any costs incurred in respect of any sickness or injury occurring between the date on which they commenced duty on board a ship and the date on which they are deemed to have been duly repatriated. This also includes payments that shipowners are required to make in respect of the death or long term disability of a seafarer due to an occupational injury, illness or hazard occurring while the seafarer is serving under a seafarer’s employment agreement or arising from their employment under such agreement, and compensation in case of loss or foundering of the ship. Note 10 - Repatriation - The destination for repatriation must be one of the following: • the place where the seafarer signed their employment agreement; • their country of residence; • the place specified in any applicable collective agreement; or, • subject to the agreement of the shipowner, another place of the seafarer's choosing. Note 11- Maximum duration of service periods after which you are entitled to repatriation The maximum period of service following which a seafarer will be entitled to repatriation is to be not more than 52 weeks minus the period of statutory paid annual leave - see note 6. There is however no statutory obligation on a seafarer to take repatriation at that time if he/she chooses to serve on board for a longer period e.g. to complete a period of sea time for certification purposes. Shipowners/employers may not however require a seafarer to continue to serve on board once the maximum period of service has expired except in an emergency or similar extenuating circumstances. Note 12 - Applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement(s) - SEAs may, where applicable, incorporate any applicable collective bargaining agreements. Therefore the terms and conditions contained in a collective bargaining agreement should be appended to, or incorporated by reference into, and thus form part of an SEA. Collective bargaining agreements may not however be substituted entirely for individual SEAs in respect of seafarers employed on UK registered vessels. It should also be noted that in the event of any conflict between the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement and UK general or merchant shipping legislation, the relevant UK legislation will prevail.

Health and Social Security Protection Benefits. These include payment by (see Notes 8 and 9) If you become sick or injured while on a voyage, you will be paid your normal basic wages until you have been repatriated in accordance with the repatriation provisions set out below. After you have been repatriated you will be paid your normal basic wages excluding bonuses up to a maximum of weeks [insert number which shall be 16 or above] less the amount of any Statutory Sick Pay or Social Security Sickness Benefit to which you may be entitled. If you require medical care while you are on-board this will be provided free of charge, including access to necessary medicines, medical equipment and facilities for diagnosis and treatment and medical information and expertise. Where practicable and appropriate, you will be given leave to visit a qualified medical doctor or dentists in ports of call for the purpose of obtaining treatment. In the event of sickness or incapacity, you will be provided with medical care, including medical treatment and the supply of necessary medicines and therapeutic devices and board and lodging away from home until your recovery or until your sickness or incapacity has been declared of a permanent character, subject to a maximum period of weeks[insert number which shall be 16 or above]. In addition the shipowner will return your property left on board to you or your next of any costs incurred kin. In the event of your death occurring on board or ashore during a voyage, the shipowner will meet the cost of burial expenses, or cremation where appropriate or required by local legislation, and will return your property left on board to your next of kin. Compensation in respect of any sickness or injury occurring between the date on which they commenced duty on board loss of personal property as a ship and the date on which they are deemed to have been duly repatriated. This also includes payments that shipowners are required to make in respect result of the death or long term disability of a seafarer due to an occupational injury, illness or hazard occurring while the seafarer is serving under a seafarer’s employment agreement or arising from their employment under such agreement, and compensation in case of loss or foundering of the ship. Note 10 - Repatriation - The destination for repatriation must be one vessel Where you lose personal property, as a result of the following: vessel on which you are serving foundering or being lost, the place where shipowner will pay compensation up to a maximum of …………. (insert amount). Repatriation (see Note 10) You will be entitled to repatriation, at the seafarer signed their employment agreement; their country of residence; the place specified in any applicable collective agreement; or, subject to the agreement expense of the shipowner, another place of the seafarer's choosing. Note 11- Maximum duration of service periods after which if you are entitled to repatriation The maximum period away from your country of service following which a seafarer will be entitled to repatriation residence when this agreement is to be not more than 52 weeks minus terminated:-  by the period of statutory paid annual leave - see note 6. There is however no statutory obligation on a seafarer to take repatriation at that time if he/she chooses to serve on board for a longer period e.g. to complete a period of sea time for certification purposes. Shipowners/employers may not however require a seafarer to continue to serve on board once the maximum period of service has expired except in an emergency or similar extenuating circumstances. Note 12 - Applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement(s) - SEAs may, where applicable, incorporate any applicable collective bargaining agreements. Therefore the terms and conditions contained in a collective bargaining agreement should be appended to, or incorporated shipowner  by reference into, and thus form part of an SEA. Collective bargaining agreements may not however be substituted entirely for individual SEAs in respect of seafarers employed on UK registered vessels. It should also be noted that you in the event of any conflict between the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement and UK general illness or merchant shipping legislationinjury or other medical condition requiring your repatriation, the relevant UK legislation will prevailevent that the ship is proceeding to a Warlike Operations Area or the event of termination or interruption of employment in accordance with an industrial award or collective agreement.  in circumstances where you are no longer able to carry out your duties under this agreement or cannot be expected to do so e.g. shipwreck, the sale of your ship or a change in your ship’s registration. The entitlement to repatriation entails transport by …………………(insert means of transport) to. (insert place name or country).:

Health and Social Security Protection Benefits. These include payment by the shipowner of any costs incurred in respect of any sickness or injury occurring between the date on which they commenced duty on board a ship and the date on which they are deemed to have been duly repatriated. This also includes payments that shipowners are required to make in respect of the death or long term disability of a seafarer due to an occupational injury, illness or hazard occurring while the seafarer is serving under a seafarer’s employment agreement or arising from their employment under such agreement, and compensation in case of loss or foundering of the ship. Note 10 - Repatriation - The destination for repatriation must be one of the following:  the place where the seafarer signed their employment agreement;  their country of residence;  the place specified in any applicable collective agreement; or,  subject to the agreement of the shipowner, another place of the seafarer's choosing. Note 11- Maximum duration of service periods after which you are entitled to repatriation The maximum period of service following which a seafarer will be entitled to repatriation is to be not more than 52 weeks minus the period of statutory paid annual leave - see note 6. There is however no statutory obligation on a seafarer to take repatriation at that time if he/she chooses to serve on board for a longer period e.g. to complete a period of sea time for certification purposes. Shipowners/employers may not however require a seafarer to continue to serve on board once the maximum period of service has expired except in an emergency or similar extenuating circumstances. Note 12 - Applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement(s) - SEAs may, where applicable, incorporate any applicable collective bargaining agreements. Therefore the terms and conditions contained in a collective bargaining agreement should be appended to, or incorporated by reference into, and thus form part of an SEA. Collective bargaining agreements may not however be substituted entirely for individual SEAs in respect of seafarers employed on UK registered vessels. It should also be noted that in the event of any conflict between the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement and UK general or merchant shipping legislation, the relevant UK legislation will prevail.