# The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014, Regulation 5: Duty on employment agencies and businesses as regards seafarer employment agreements


An employment agency or employment business introducing or supplying a work-seeker to a hirer for the purposes of employment as a seafarer on a sea-going ship must—
(a) ensure that the work-seeker is informed of the rights and duties under the seafarer employment agreement prior to or in the process of engagement;
(b) ensure that arrangements are made for the work-seeker to have an opportunity to examine the seafarer employment agreement before and after it is signed by the work-seeker; and
(c) ensure that arrangements are made for the work-seeker to receive a copy of the seafarer employment agreement after it is signed by the work-seeker.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1615/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-recruitment-and-placement-regulations-2014/regulation-5
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