Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920 (No. 8) - Spain (Ratification: 1924)

The Committee notes the information submitted by the Government in its last report that in case of shipwreck seamen receive the unemployment indemnity provided for by the General Social Security Act, subject to the conditions contained in section III of the Act, which include the completion of a 360-day period of contribution prior to the period of unemployment. It further notes that the Government no longer refers to the provisions of section 97(c) of the Ordinance on conditions of employment in merchant shipping of 20 May 1969, by virtue of which, in the case of loss or foundering of a vessel, the indemnity due to seamen is payable for the entire period of their unemployment, subject to a maximum of two months' wages.

The Committee recalls that the indemnity provided for under Article 2 of the Convention in cases of unemployment resulting from loss or foundering of the vessel is not subject to a qualifying period and corresponds to the level of wages established in the contract. This being the requirement of Article 2, the Committee hopes that the Government will specify in its next report whether the provisions of section 97(c) of the Ordinance on conditions of employment in merchant shipping are applicable independently of the general unemployment compensation system.