Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Wages) Regulations 2014
Regulation 7
Payment on termination of employment
Subregulation 1
Except as otherwise provided by the Act or any other written law, any amount of the wages remaining unpaid and due to a seafarer under a seafarer’s employment agreement shall be paid to the seafarer in full no later than at the time when his employment terminates.
Subregulation 2
If any amount of wages due to a seafarer is not paid in accordance with paragraph (1), the seafarer shall be entitled to wages at the rate last payable under the seafarer’s employment agreement for every day on which it remains unpaid until the full amount is paid.
Subregulation 3
Paragraph (2) shall not apply if the failure to pay the seafarer’s wages was due to —
any reasonable dispute as to liability for payment;
the act or default of the seafarer; or
any other cause, not being the wrongful act or default of the person liable to pay the seafarer’s wages or of his employee or agent.