Legislation re health and safety representatives on board ships should be improved
Nautilus International members in the UK are being urged to contact their MP and encourage them to sign anEarly Day Motion (EDM) calling for legislation covering health and safety representatives onboard ships to be improved.
Under current laws, shore-based health and safety representatives are legally required to attend a trade union-approved health and safety training course as soon as possible, whilst seafarers are only required to undertake onboard health and safety training at some stage.
The Union is concerned that this compromises the health and safety of seafarers working on UK-flagged ships and is backing MPs who have called on the government to offer the same protection to UK seafarers that they do to shore-based employees.
Source: Nautilus International
