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How came no unemployment? If you had regular job, you were eligible for unemployment there was also PUP enabled due to pandemic, so if you were self employed y
by takeda 4y ago
How came no unemployment?
If you had regular job, you were eligible for unemployment there was also PUP enabled due to pandemic, so if you were self employed you could request unemployment under that. In addition there were also short periods of time where you could get extra $600/week (as it is impossible to survive for long on the usual unemployment amount)
- shagie 4y agohttps://www.businessinsider.com/cruise-line-crew-workers-lose-salaries-benefits-over-coronavirus-2020-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/cruise-line-crew-workers-los... They tend to work as contractors on a limited term contract and international maritime labor laws are unlikely to require it. Note also the country of registry for the ships may have more lax labor laws too. (edit) The only instance of unemployment being mentioned in international maritime labor laws I've found is https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:91:0::NO::P91_SECTION:MLCA_AMEND_A2 https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:91:0::NO::... > Regulation 2.6 – Seafarer compensation for the ship’s loss or foundering > Purpose: To ensure that seafarers are compensated when a ship is lost or has foundered > 1. Seafarers are entitled to adequate compensation in the case of injury, loss or unemployment arising from the ship’s loss or foundering. This very specifically deals with ships sinking. Not "ok, no work everyone off." A delicate balance: The seafarers’ employment agreement, the system of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and the role of flag States - https://hal.science/hal-01470314/document https://hal.science/hal-01470314/document also touches on unemployment (there's a single mention of it).
- CydeWeys 4y agoRoyal Caribbean's ships are flagged and run out of Nassau. I doubt US labor laws are relevant here.