Current Claim Status

EJEP: Risk of 'reflagging' Dutch shipowners is overestimated and no justification for discrimination against seafarers

The Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment declared the Dutch Collective Bargaining Agreement for merchant shipping for 2026 generally binding

Equal Justice Equal Pay Foundation filed a petition against Wagenborg to demand further information from Wagenborg about the exact wages of Filipino and Indonesian seafarers

Equal Justice Equal Pay Foundation submitted objections against the general applicability of the discriminatory Dutch Collective Bargaining Agreement for merchant shipping

Equal Justice Equal Pay Foundation held meetings with relevant industry stakeholders, including the Ministries of Social Affairs & Employment, and Infrastructure & Watermanagement, the KVNR and Nautilus to explore the possibility of a settlement, but no such settlement was reached.

Equal Justice Equal Pay Foundation sent over 700 letters in which it holds Dutch shipowners and the Dutch state liable for unlawful discrimination

The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights issued its decision: paying Filipino and Indonesian seafarers less than European seafarers constitutes unlawful discrimination

The Ministry of Social Affairs & Employment issues a decision on the request under the Open Government Act granting the publication of some of the requested documents.

Second hearing at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights

First hearing at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights

The Equal Justice Equal Pay Foundation files a request for information with the Ministries of Social Affairs & Employment, and Infrastructure & Watermanagement under the Open Government Act.

Human rights complaint submitted to the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights on behalf of two seafarers.