... and maintain individual employment records. Employment business that chooses seafarers for shipping companies similarly to a recrutiment agency that provides workers for a defined period for shore-based ...
Natalie has been the Director of Employment Affairs initially for the International Shipping Federation and latterly for the International Chamber of Shipping since March 2003. In her role she represents ...
... is quoted below. Standards to assess the quality of doctors and clinics performing pre-employment medical examinations (PEMEs) were developed for International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) Quality, ...
ALF MAGNE HORNELAND We have touched upon the issue of using additional laboratory tests for screening purposes in the pre-employment medical examination of seafarers. We will have a closer look at that ...
... schemes for pre-employment examinations, regardless of industrial sector or profession, rarely meet these requirements. The illustration below (Figure 1) shows the connection between negative and positive ...
... condition. The challenges are even bigger when it comes to assessment of mental fitness. No psychometric or psychological tests have so far been validated for the pre-employment testing of seafarers[13]. ...
... and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159). The right to work for people with disabilities and the minimum requirements for medical fitness of workers sometimes can be seen to challenge ...
... late 1800s, the Norwegian maritime authority became concerned about merchant seafarers’ health condition[4]. They did not issue requirements for pre-employment medical examinations at this time, but focused ...
ALF MAGNE HORNELAND Pre-employment selection of seafarers probably have been carried out for as long as people have been employed for service on board ships, based on the master’s intuition and sovereignty ...
... and even sub sub contractor staff can be difficult in terms of employment contracts, schedules, the willingness of crew to seek health care on board and evacuation if necessary and for cohesiveness of ...
... careers end. Data on this will only be available if the seafarer has come for a subsequent PEME and been rejected, otherwise the seafarer and their health data are lost to follow up. After employment ...
... often only interested in short term health problems as employment is frequently for a single period of sea service. They are particularly concerned about medical conditions and injuries that could lay ...
... and in the fishing sector, non-standard conditions of employment, for instance on a profit sharing basis, make for similar problems. By contrast, the numbers serving on military ships and their demographic ...
... Institute (BSI) CBA Collective Bargaining Agreement (contracts of seafarer's employment) CCNR Central Commission of the Rhine CDC Center for Disease Control (USA) CEM Crew ...
... It is important that armed security personnel are vetted before employment and the maritime industry’s self-regulations contain detailed information on the selection of PCASPs that should include a check ...
... the Chinese fishing company, and in this case they had the right to receive insurance money of $10,000 as stipulated in the employment contract. Due to alleged human rights violations, the case also gave ...
... and often are not aware of the routine vaccines they received. If no documentation is available on previous vaccinations, seafarers must be considered non-immune and vaccinations provided during pre-employment ...
... guidelines of maritime authorities. These Guidelines document standards for the pre-employment fitness examinations of seafarers. Gastrointestinal diseases, Tuberculosis, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, ...
... Mouchtouri VA, Lewis HC, Hadjichristodoulou C; EU SHIPSAN ACT Joint Action Partnership. A Systematic Review for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases on Ships: Evidence for Cross-Border Transmission and for Pre-Employment ...