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Summary

An employer can take money out of a seaman’s pay if the seaman signs written consent and the money goes into a trust that only helps that employer’s seamen and their families, or a trust shared with seamen (and their families) from other employers. The trust must use the money or its earnings to pay benefits like medical or hospital care; pensions for retirement or death; life insurance; unemployment pay; work‑injury compensation; sickness, accident, and disability pay; or to buy insurance that provides these benefits.

Title 46, §10506

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section 10505 of this title does not prevent an employer from making deductions from the wages of a seaman, with the written consent of the seaman, if—

(1)the deductions are paid into a trust fund established only for the benefit of seamen employed by that employer, and the families and dependents of those seamen (or of those seamen, families, and dependents jointly with other seamen employed by other employers, and the families and dependents of the other seamen); and

(2)the payments are held in trust to provide, from principal or interest, or both, any of the following benefits for those seamen and their families and dependents:

(A)medical or hospital care, or both.

(B)pensions on retirement or death of the seaman.

(C)life insurance.

(D)unemployment benefits.

(E)compensation for illness or injuries resulting from occupational activity.

(F)sickness, accident, and disability compensation.

(G)purchasing insurance to provide any of the benefits specified in this section.

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1050646:599 section 10506 permits deductions to be made from wages of seamen on coastwise voyages if the deductions are to be used for the benefit of the seamen or their families.

§10506 Trusts

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Title 46, §10506

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