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It cannot be us - the British ports stress - who ascertain compliance with the rules on the minimum wage for seafarers
Ballantyne (BPA): Ports are not the competent authorities to enforce the rules on employee salaries or working conditions in the maritime sector
April 1, 2022
"Although it is right that the government and the Ferries try to improve rules and standards employment - explained the CEO of British Ports Association, Richard Ballantyne - the expectation that the port authorities must apply wage rules minimum in the maritime sector may not be practicable. That - he noted - would put the ports in a difficult legal situation, especially before any legislation enters into force.'
"The port sector - specified the administrator BPA delegate - is sincerely in solidarity with the situation of seafarers affected, however we would like to point out that the ports are not the competent authorities to enforce the rules on employees' salaries or working conditions in the maritime sector. We are worried - he clarified without means Ballantyne terms - that the government is rushing to find a solution without taking into consideration the broader ones repercussions in the maritime sector. However - he added almost to softening the stance - we can't wait to work with the Department of Transport and maritime and coastfguard Agency as well as with our partners in the ferry industry to help overcome the current challenges that have emerged in the last weeks'. Ballantyne's last reference to companies operating ferries is significant of the attention that many British port authorities address these operators, who are among the main customers of the ports of call of the United Kingdom'.
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"Although it is right that the government and the Ferries try to improve rules and standards employment - explained the CEO of British Ports Association, Richard Ballantyne - the expectation that the port authorities must apply wage rules minimum in the maritime sector may not be practicable. That - he noted - would put the ports in a difficult legal situation, especially before any legislation enters into force.'
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
