Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its first and second reports and, in particular, that the provisions of the Convention have not yet been included in the Merchant Shipping Code. It hopes that the Government will take the necessary measures to insert into its legislation -- Merchant Shipping Code or Social Security Act -- provisions establishing a pensions' scheme for seafarers on retirement from sea service. In this respect, the Committee recalls that under the Convention seafarers who retire from sea service and fulfil the conditions required for entitlement to a pension must be paid a pension in the form of an allowance for as long as the situation continues. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on any progress made in this direction.