C2.2.a. Does the MLC, 2006 set a minimum wage for seafarers?

Regulation 2.2 of the MLC, 2006 states that seafarers shall be paid in full in accordance with their employment agreements. The Convention does not establish a mandatory minimum wage for seafarers, but leaves this question to be dealt with under the national law of the flag State.

However, the MLC, 2006 includes the international procedure for establishing a minimum monthly basic pay or wage figure for able seafarers (see Guideline B2.2.4). This minimum wage is set periodically by the ILO Joint Maritime Commission (JMC) ⁴⁹ . Although this minimum wage relates only to able seafarers, in practice the wage level for other seafarers is extrapolated from the amount agreed in the JMC.

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