C2.3.e. Are there any exceptions to the hours of rest or work standards?

Standard A2.3, paragraph 13 of the MLC, 2006 allows flag States to have national laws or regulations or a procedure for the competent authority to authorize or register collective agreements permitting exceptions to the limits on maximum hours of work or minimum hours of rest referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Standard [see C2.3.b.]. These exceptions must therefore be provided for in a registered or authorized collective agreement. They must also follow the limits set out in Standard A2.3 “as far as possible”.

Hours of work and hours of rest