I had a debate with another deck officer a few days ago regarding resignation from positions or quitting while overseas. If you are overdue on your contracted relief date, are you legally within your rights to quit without punishment from the USCG. I referenced the CFR’s, and US Code, but couldn’t…

Not if you signed foreign articles.

[image] MMA_cadet: your contracted relief date, What contract? The cadets I’ve sailed with don’t have a contract except the ship’s articles. If there’s a union contract it would apply to the rest of the crew but not the cadets. I’ve not encountered any other type of contract with a crewme…

Sorry for the confusion… This is in reference to ships crew, not cadets. And specifically regarding ships articles or union contracts.

Non union vessels often have contracts, especially fishing vessels. Some times contracts are required, or the lack of a contract creates certain presumptions, or penalties, under state law (e.g. Washington). Some non union tugboats have contracts. Some of these contacts are horribly one sided - full…

Tugsailor, I agree, it’s a bad idea to operate like this. I’m simply trying to find the references for this type of situation.

[image] MMA_cadet: are you legally within your rights to quit without punishment from the USCG. The C.G. doesn’t care about the union contracts, only the ship’s articles.

More the question of how will they get home. If you walk off a ship, the ship/company won’t help you get “stamped*” into the country to be there legally. If not there legally, then you’re there illegally. Then you can’t go through their customs/immigration to leave. Many countries are real parti…

Even if you quit the company has to get you back to the US. Different story if you’re already in the US.

https://fam.state.gov/Fam/FAM.aspx?ID=07FAM Try this…

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