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(asked on 11th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government’s policy is on the subjects to be considered at the meeting of the Joint Maritime Commission's Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers at the International Labour Organisation in Geneva between 20 and 21 June 2018.


Answered by
Nusrat Ghani Portrait
Nusrat Ghani
Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
This question was answered on 18th June 2018

The Government has not set sectoral minimum wages in the Maritime Sector. In the UK Seafarers are covered by the National Minimum Wage Act under section 40 – mariners.

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