Article 213 Federal Labor Law

In interior or river traffic, the provisions of this chapter shall govern, with the following modalities:

I.If the unloading lasts more than twenty-four hours at the point at which the employment relationship ends, it shall be considered concluded upon the expiration of that term, counted from the moment in which the vessel anchors or docks;

II.The feeding of the employees at the expense of the employers is obligatory, even when it is not stipulated in the contracts, if food is provided on board to the passengers; and in all cases, when it concerns vessels that navigate for six hours or more, or that, navigating less than that time, suspend navigation in unpopulated places in which it is impossible for the employees to provide themselves with food;

III.The obligatory stay on board is considered as working time, unless the rest period is of four hours or more, there exists for the employee the material impossibility of abandoning the vessel or the abandonment lacks purpose because it concerns unpopulated places; and

IV.The weekly rest shall be forcibly on land.