Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946 (No. 71) - Norway (Ratification: 1949)

Referring to its previous direct request, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report that no employees on drilling vessels have so far been exempted from the pension insurance scheme and regarding the possibility to obtain the refund of paid contributions in the form of a lump sum after 36 months of insurance.

Articles 1 and 2(2) of the Convention. Exemptions from pension schemes for seafarers. The Committee notes the Government’s report that although persons employed in hotel and restaurant activity on board tourist ships registered with the Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS) are excluded from the coverage of the pension insurance scheme, the maritime company has the obligation to furnish a guarantee for specific compensations for employees, including hotel and restaurant personnel, who are not covered by the Norwegian or the EEA social security schemes, to all employees working on board ships registered in the NIS or employed in the service of a foreign employer engaged in commercial activities on ships engaged in foreign trade and registered in the Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register (NOR) (Section 4-7 of the Act of 21 June 2013, No. 102). The Government is requested to provide further information on the types of compensations referred to above.

Article 3(1). Pension scheme for seafarers. The Government indicates that, in 2014, the tripartite committee designated to draw a proposal for the permanent solution regarding the pension insurance for seamen, delivered its report and all stakeholders had until June 2015 to provide their comments thereon. The Committee takes due note of the Government’s indication that it will provide with its next report detailed information concerning the outcome of this process.