Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Gwyn Prosser (Labour), on Wednesday, 25 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 69 members in total.

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PAY PRACTICES IN THE UK MARITIME SECTOR

That this House is appalled that in the 21st century, ships, including ferry services, which regularly trade on fixed routes between UK ports and between the UK and Europe, are allowed to pay poverty wages substantially below the minimum wage to non-UK seafarers including rates as little as ??1.50 per hour; is dismayed that this super-exploitation is legal as a result of a loophole in race relations legislation which allows non-UK seafarers to be paid rates below agreed UK levels and also due to the exemption of seafarers from the national minimum wage; urges the Government to bring forward amendments to the Equality Bill to outlaw this discrimination and to reform race relations legislation as it applies to seafarers; and calls on the Government to bring forward immediately legislation to ensure that non-UK seafarers are protected by the provisions of the national minimum wage.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

252 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Albert Owen

John McDonnell

Ann Cryer

Neil Gerrard

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

Subjects

Equality Pay Poverty Minimum wage Staff Racial discrimination Shipping

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk