Special protection

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17. Special protection
17.1. Employment and social insurance
17.1.1. Employers should, as prescribed by national laws
and regulations or in accordance with national conditions
and practice:
(a) ensure that every worker has an employment contract
and is covered by a scheme for workers’ compensation
and social protection;
(b) provide coverage, such as benefits in case of injury, sick-
ness, temporary and permanent disability through
workers’ compensation in the event of occupational ac-
cidents and diseases, and compensation for survivors in
the event of work-related death, to all workers in ship-
breaking, irrespective of their employment status.
Special protection
17.2. Working hours
17.2.1. Any OSH scheme should provide for reasonable
working hours which should not exceed the number pre-
scribed by national laws and regulations or approved by
labour inspectorates or in collective agreements, where
applicable. The Reduction of Hours of Work Recom-
mendation, 1962 (No. 116), should be considered a guide for
working-time arrangements.
17.2.2. Working hours should be arranged so as to pro-
vide adequate periods of rest which, as prescribed by
national laws and regulations or approved by labour inspec-
torates or collective agreements, where applicable, should
include:

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