IMPORTANT NOTE 2) If you are hired under a Norwegian collective agreement, you may be required to pay a bargaining tax. The automatic deduction of these fees does NOT mean that you are a member of the NMOA. In order to participate in all the benefits of membership, you must complete an application form. If you want to become a member, you pay a union tax instead of the fee. Social security agreements govern your affiliation with social security, especially the country that offers you coverage. You have the same rights and obligations as nationals of the country in which you are staying. People from contracting countries are treated on the same treatment, regardless of nationality. The wage obligation is also abolished in the event of an illegal absence. The employment contract must be considered as a general condition of the reduction in wages in the event of an irregular absence.
During the employment relationship, the obligation to pay workers may be removed in the event of absence of work. For example, vacation leave does not allow the worker to receive a salary, unless expressly provided for by law, in a collective agreement or in the worker`s individual employment contract. Social security agreements allow workers temporarily posted to another contracting country to work to maintain their affiliation with Norwegian national insurance. A large number of marine burrows from around the world working on a Norwegian-controlled vessel are covered by an International Collective Agreement (CBA). NMOA supports several international seafarers` unions in CBSA negotiations to ensure decent wages and working conditions for all sailors aboard Norwegian vessels. International CBAs are negotiated every two or four years. The largest CBA includes members of the Associated Marine Officers` – Seamen`s Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP.) The CBA for members of AMOSUP and other Asian seafarers` unions is managed by the Norwegian and Asian Sailors Committee (NASCO). For Eastern European sailors, the CBAs are coordinated by SCOCEEN, a maritime committee from Central, Eastern and Norwegian Europe. Work on CBAs is funded by shipowners, who are required to pay a fee per sailor covered by the CBA. This includes a fund that benefits both international sailors and NMOAs members. An international KBA and your employment contract define your rights as collaborators on board a Norwegian ship. It regulates your wages, working hours, sickness benefits as well as other regulations that the company or the armatorial association has imposed with regard to your conditions of employment.
NOTE: Seafarers covered by international CFAs are not entitled to membership in NMOA or other Norwegian maritime communities and are therefore not required to pay union dues.