Commission challenges UK on pay discrimination
The European Commission asked the UK in January 2011 to put an end to legislation that allows pay discrimination against foreign seafarers.
The UK's Race Relations Act 1976 specifically allowed nationality-based discrimination in respect of pay against seafarers on UK-registered ships who apply or are engaged for employment outside Great Britain.
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