Employment conditions
Topics
Collective bargaining agreements
The vast majority of work functions on Danish ships and offshore platforms are covered by collective agreements, and the industry is characterized by a relatively high degree of organization on both the employer's and employee's side.
Collective bargaining agreements
Advice and Information
Danish Shipping provides assistance on legal and contractual matters that may arise in connection with employment.
Advice and Information
More women in shipping
Danish Shipping, and the industry at large, aims to increase the proportion of women in shipping, including through a charter signed by a number of shipping companies and a toolbox assembled through ten recomendations
More women in shipping
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Danish Shipping strives to promote diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) in the shipping industry, including the DEI Award, which is given to a shipping company or an individual in recognition for mounting a notable effort to promote diversity, equality and inclusion.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Best Practice Guidelines
Shipping has for many years focused on physical safety, but there are still challenges with psychological safety. The Danish Shipping’s Best Practice Guidelines provide insight into how psychological safety can be addressed throughout the company. The recommendations have been developed in collaboration with and supported by Dansk Metal, the Danish Association of Marine Engineers, and Sea Health & Welfare.
Best Practice Guidelines
Medical Office ApS
The Medical Office carries out medical examinations of your employees.
Medical Office
DIS Salary statistics
Members of Danish Shipping and Danish Ferry Association must report salary data for their seafarers who serve on a ship registered in the Danish International Ship Register. The salary reports must be sent to the Danish Employers' Association.
DIS Salary statistics
Leave in connection to child birth
Danish Shipping administers the Maternity Compensation Scheme for the shipping industry, compensating registered shipping companies' expenses for employees' wages during their parental leave.
Leave in connection to child birth
MLC
The Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) is an international set of rules that primarily addresses the individual countries, which may have very different traditions with regard to how the regulation is implemented nationally. The convention can be downloaded below.
MLC
Funds
Danish Shipping manages a number of smaller maritime funds from which it is possible to apply for financial support, provided that certain conditions are met.
Funds
Parent'SHIP
Many people have a lot of thoughts about their work life when it comes to going on maternity leave, which is why we at Danish Shipping and WIS have chosen to open a maternity leave café.
Parent'SHIP
Danish Shipping's Vacation Card Scheme
Danish Shipping handles holiday pay on behalf of its member shipping companies. Once registered, members deposit holiday pay with Danish Shipping, which then guarantees payout to seafarers during holiday.
Vacation Card