Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

150.   Wages where service terminated

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    (1)   Where the service of a seaman terminates before the date contemplated in the agreement by reason of the seaman being left on shore at a place abroad by reason of his or her unfitness or inability to proceed on the voyage, such seaman shall be entitled to wages for the time served up to such termination but not for any further period.

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    (2)   Where the service of a seaman terminates before the date contemplated in his or her agreement by reason of the loss or foundering of the ship on which he or she is employed, he or she shall be entitled to receive wages in respect of each day on which he or she is in fact unemployed during a period of 2 months from the date of termination of the service at the rate to which he or she was entitled at that date, except so far as he or she obtains other suitable employment.