A maritime version of the portage salarial
In collaboration with the company Chess Maritime, the recruitment platform for sailors and onboard personnel Capt'n Boat launches a new recruitment service. It allows private boat owners to hire a sailor for their boat without the need to have their own company. Capt'n Boat transcribes the principle of portage salarial into the maritime environment, even if the term cannot be used, as the collective agreement for salaried workers is less advantageous than that for sailors. "Chess Maritime acts as a maritime agent. The company arranges with the URSSAF to create a temporary SIRET number for the duration of the enrolment. The seafarer thus contributes normally to the ENIM and can justify his embarkation time" explains Emeric Leveau-Vallier, founder of Capt'n Boat.
Responding to the needs of sailors and boaters
Through this offer, the platform says it addresses the legal and practical problems of both individual shipowners and sailors. "The crewing companies were mainly accessible to companies, but not to individuals. And even before paying the sailor, there was a fixed price of 700 to 800euros, even for a few days. Here, the pricing is based on a percentage of the sailor's gross salary. The private yachtsman, in order to be in the rules, had to employ a sailor with his own company, but many do not want to set up their own company. On the Capt'n Boat base, 2/3 of the skippers do not have a company" summarizes the manager.
Collaboration with ENIM, URSSAF and Maritime Affairs
To achieve this service, Capt'n Boat and Chess Maritime worked with institutions: ENIM, URSSAF and Maritime Affairs. "There have been three-way meetings which have enabled us to draw up a booklet of good practices on the commitments of shipowners, for example on the working hours of sailors. From the point of view of the administration, it is also a way to bring back yacht skippers to the ENIM. Today, there are still some who sail with a self-employed company, which has not been legal for 2 years, and who therefore do not contribute to the ENIM" concludes Emeric Leveau-Vallier.
