These employer terms complete our terms of use. They apply to every company that creates an employer account, publishes a vacancy or receives candidate profiles from OceanHire.
1. Who can use OceanHire as an employer
Cruise lines, ship owners and operators, ship managers, licensed seafarer recruitment and placement services, and maritime or hospitality employers recruiting for work at sea. We may ask for proof of your company’s registration and, where applicable, of your licence, and we may refuse or close an employer account at our discretion.
2. Publishing vacancies
- Vacancies must be real and currently open.
- Each vacancy must state at least the position, the employer, the ship or location, the contract length, the main requirements and the wage or wage range.
- Information must be accurate and not misleading. Any change must be updated without delay.
- Employment must comply with the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and with the laws of the flag state, including a written seafarer employment agreement.
3. No fees for candidates
Employers must not ask candidates, directly or indirectly, for any recruitment or placement fee, deposit or other charge – including for visas, which are paid by the shipowner – in line with MLC Regulation 1.4 and Article 480 of the Moroccan Labour Code. Any breach leads to the immediate closure of the employer account and may be reported to the competent authorities.
4. Equal opportunity
Vacancies and selection must not discriminate on grounds of race, colour, sex, disability, marital status, religion, political opinion, trade union membership, national extraction or social origin. Requirements must be justified by law, by the flag state or by the nature of the job.
5. Use of candidate data
- Candidate profiles are shown anonymised. Full profiles and contact details are shared only when a candidate applies or accepts an introduction.
- Candidate data may be used only to assess the candidate for the position concerned. It must not be copied into other databases, sold, shared with third parties or used for marketing.
- You must keep candidate data confidential and secure, and delete it when it is no longer needed for the recruitment or when the candidate asks.
- For the data you receive, you act as an independent controller and must comply with the data protection law that applies to you (for example Moroccan Law 09-08 or the GDPR). You must tell us without delay about any incident affecting candidate data received through OceanHire.
6. Contacting candidates
Contact candidates through the Platform or through the details shared after an introduction, only about the recruitment concerned. Respect the candidate’s decision if they decline. Interviews must be real and give candidates clear information about the job and the contract.
7. Fees and services
Publishing vacancies and using the Platform may be subject to fees for employers. Fees, services and payment terms are set only in a separate written agreement or quote. Without such an agreement, no fee is due.
8. Responsibility
OceanHire presents candidates on the basis of the information and documents they provide and checks them in good faith. The employer remains responsible for its final selection, for verifying certificates and documents, for the employment contract and for compliance with employment, maritime and immigration law.
9. Suspension
We may remove a vacancy or suspend an employer account in case of breach of these terms, complaints from candidates or suspicion of fraud.
10. Law and contact
These terms are governed by Moroccan law. Questions or requests for a service agreement: employers@oceanhire.co.