Abstract
This article has explored the features of the employment contract of seafarers. The parties to this contract are the seafarer and the shipowner, who have their own subjective rights and obligations, which are defined as contracts of tax and labor law in general. Legal regulation of contracts is carried out by both international and labor legislation of the sailor's country. Objective features of seafarers' labor relations necessitate the establishment of special norms regulating working crew members of seagoing vessels, because they perform the labor functions of seafarers, attract grounds for sectoral differentiation of legal regulation of their work. Certainly, seafarers must be very attentive when concluding a contract, pay attention to the minimum list of clauses of the employment agreement, do not sign an incomplete agreement, make sure about the specified wages, compensation payments, and other conditions, show legal literacy.
Highlights
This article has explored the features of the employment contract of seafarers
The only restriction on this freedom is provided by Art. 9 of the Labor Code of Ukraine, the rule according to which the parties to the employment contract may not reduce the level of rights and guarantees established by labor legislation [2]
Article 21 of the Labor Code defines an employment contract as an agreement between an employee and the owner of an enterprise, institution, organization, or its authorized body or individual, under which the employee undertakes to perform the work specified in this agreement, subject to internal labor regulations, and the owner undertakes to pay employee wages and provide working conditions necessary for the performance of work provided by labor legislation, collective agreement, and agreement of the parties
Summary
This article has explored the features of the employment contract of seafarers. The parties to this contract are the seafarer and the shipowner, who have their own subjective rights and obligations, which are defined as contracts of tax and labor law in general.
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