I am an EP holder and my husband works as a shipping executive on Spass. Well, not really an executive that works on a desk and does paperwork, in his company they are known as boarding officers. They go on board ships and deliver provisions. He works more than 12 hrs a day and no day off. I have read his contract and it says they are required to work from 9am-6pm, Monday to Friday, and 9am-1pm on Saturdays. There is also a clause stating that they may be required to "render work outside of office hours when necessary". The 9am-6pm was only true when he was still working at the warehouse preparing the supplies for delivery but when he started working on board ships and delivering provisions he works more than 12 hours. My husband says that there is no day off because ships are always going in the port everyday and ordering supplies from their company. Sometimes they have to deliver supplies to a tanker ship that is on anchor away from the port so he has to ride on a boat for 2 hrs to reach the ship. On top of that, if he finished delivering say for example at 2am, he is required to show up at work later at 9am even if the ship he is next to deliver is still at night. This is so unfair, he has so little time to rest. Acutally my husband doesn't mind the long work hours as long as he has a day off to rest.
I am worried for my husband's well being and health, he has lost weight since working for this company. If only his company will hire more boarding officers so that others can take a rest day. He got this job because he was recommended by my housemate who is also a boarding officer in this company. I have lived with my housemate for a year and since then I rarely see him at the house. Currently there are only 4 of them working as true boarding officers, 1 is still stationed at the warehouse. He hopes that the other stationed in the warehouse will be allowed to board soon but he doubts it because the parents of that guy is friends with the owner of the company. He was only hired to replace someone who was turned into a purchaser. My husband said that it was better when they were 5 of them at least they were able to rest more. He is worried if someone will resign and they will only be 3.
My husband and I don't want to make a formal complaint against the company. We don't want to jeopardize his fellow boarding officer's jobs.
My husband was on DP when he got here. If he resigns, would MOM approve his DP again? He arrived here on August 5, got his DP on August 17, cancelled it the next day for his SPass to be applied, got his Spass on August 24.
