Promoting equality for disabled workers - a guide for trade union reps (November 2013)

Chapter 1

Seafarers and discrimination

Since August 2011, special regulations, the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011, apply to seafarers. The regulations, the result of campaigning by unions, in particular the Rail and Maritime Transport workers union (RMT), outlaw discrimination against EU nationals on British-flagged ships trading wholly or partly in UK territorial waters, as well as against seafarers from other designated states who have agreements with the European Union.


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