Article 208 Federal Labor Law

The following are special causes of termination of the employment relationships for cause:

I.The failure of the employee to report on board at the agreed time for departure, or, having reported, to disembark and not make the trip;

II.The employee being in a state of intoxication during hours of service while the vessel is in port, on the departure of the vessel or during navigation;

III.To use narcotics or narcotic drugs during their stay on board, without medical prescription.

On boarding, the employee shall inform the employer of the fact and present the prescription signed by the physician;

IV.Insubordination and disobedience to the orders of the captain of the vessel in their capacity as authority;

V.The cancellation or definitive revocation of the certificates of aptitude or of the seaman's books required by the laws and regulations;

VI.The violation of the laws on the importation or exportation of merchandise in the performance of their services; and

VII.The execution, in the performance of the work by the employee, of any act or the intentional omission or negligence that may endanger their safety or that of the other employees, of the passengers or of third persons, or that damages, harms or endangers the property of the employer or of third parties.