《海商法》修改中关于船员外派的若干法律问题

Study on seaman output law

随着社会的发展,中国《海商法》中某些方面的缺失和滞后严重影响着立法目的实现,特别是关于船员外派方面,直接导致了对船员的保护不足和法律适用上的困难。结合船员劳务外派工作实务中的一些常见问题,从修改完善《海商法》的角度来进行分析和论证,提出在《海商法》中设立专章或单独设立《船员法》来对船员外派的性质、外派企业的法律地位、船员的特殊保护等方面进行明确规定,以为船员的法律救济提供依据。

The seafarers＇ interests are insufficiendy protected presently due to the inadequacy in ,and shortage of ,related laws and regulations in this field,difficulty in law application therefore arises.Analyses conducted in labour laws and regulations of China reveal that the enterprises sending contract scafarers abroad are the employers who have a labour contract relationship with the contract seafarers going abroad,while there is an actual employment relationship between the contract seafarers going abroad and the foreign shipowners.The above understanding provides legal ground for settling disputes arising out of the above three parties.