Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Panama (Ratification: 1966)

The Committee notes that section 1120 of the Commercial Code has been replaced by section 271 of the Labour Code under which "a seafarer who 'jumps ship' or abandons his employment before the scheduled voyage is completed shall lose entitlement to all the remuneration which he had not already earned at the time when he leaves the ship, without prejudice to the other legal liability he may incur".

The Committee notes with interest the draft maritime labour legislation, in particular section 50, under which "an enrolment contract of indefinite duration may be considered to be terminated, by either of the parties, at a port in which the ship loads or unloads, provided that notice of at least two weeks has been given".

The Committee asks the Government to report on the progress of the maritime labour legislation and to provide a copy of the law once it has been adopted.