TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 9: LABOR
§ 9123. Wages: Generally. (a) Wages shall commence on the day specified and agreed to in the shipping articles or at the time of presence on board the vessel for the purpose of commencing work, whichever first occurs, and shall terminate on the day of discharge or termination of the articles. (b) In the absence of any agreement to the contrary the shipowner or the master of the vessel shall pay to every seaman his or her wages within two days after the termination of the articles, or at the time when the seaman is discharged, whichever first. (c) A seaman is entitled to receive in local currency, on demand, from the master one-half of any wages actually earned and payable at every intermediate port where the vessel shall load or deliver cargo before the voyage is ended, but not more than once in any 10-day period. In case of wrongful failure to pay a seaman wages on demand, the seaman becomes entitled to a payment of full wages earned. (d) Every master shall deliver to the seaman, before paying off, a full and true account of wages and all deductions to be made therefrom on any account whatsoever, and in default shall, for each offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than $25. Source: 19 TTC § 205.