C1.4.m. Does an employment and recruitment service that occasionally places seafarers on board ship such as cruise ships have to comply with the MLC, 2006 requirements?

Under Standard A1.4, paragraph 2, the Convention’s requirements relating to private seafarer recruitment and placement services apply where the primary purpose is the recruitment and placement of seafarers or where they recruit and place a significant number of seafarers. In the event of doubt as to whether the Convention applies to a private recruitment and placement service, the question is to be determined by the competent authority in each country after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations concerned [see C1.4.b.]

Recruitment and placement