The House of Representatives on Monday approved the Magna Carta for Filipino seafarers on the third and final reading.
House Bill 7325, which received 304 yes votes, four no votes, and no abstention, provides for a standard employment contract of the seafarer which contains the terms and conditions of employment duly approved by the Department of Migrant Workers.
The Magna Carta provides for a "green lane" for seafarers, a privilege that will exempt them from travel-related or health-related movement restrictions to facilitate crew change when national or international emergencies warrant. “This is also to recognize seafarers as essential workers that need special protection, and grant them certain rights as maritime workers to ensure that they are treated fairly at all times, especially in the event of a maritime accident, epidemic, pandemic, or other natural or man-made crises,” the committee report added.
“Worse, this bill contains qualified inclusion of domestic merchant ships, excluding the application of provisions regarding standard employment contracts, payment of wages, among others on domestic seafarers,” Brosas said in her defense of a no vote.
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