Terms and Conditions-  Terms and Conditions of Business Issued January 16th 2009.

      These terms and conditions of business outline the basis upon which, Pipeline International Yacht Crew Agency CB, a Palma registered Company will specialize in the introduction of professional yacht personnel (Crew).

Crew or Applicant: Any person or Company submitting their information on the website, making verbal contact to Company agents, or by faxing their details or otherwise indicating their want to find employment by the Company.

Employer: Any person requesting Crew from the Company, this can be the Owner of the vessel, the Captain or any head of department acting on behalf of the Owner or the Captain. 

    We require an email of confirmation ,before we can start to work for you - this confirms you agree with our terms and conditions.

    Pipeline International Crew Agency is a referral agency, our role is the introduction of Crew to Clients and any employment agreed upon or contract entered into by the Client and Crew remains the responsibility of the Client.

    The Company will make every effort to interview and check candidates references, however it is recommended that the employer conducts their own interview and reference checks prior to entering into an employment agreement.

Fees - There are no fees for crew wishing to register and seek employment with The Pipeline Crew.

For Employers -

Permenant placement of a Captain - 100% of the first months salary(employment period of  over 24 weeks)

Permenent placement - 75% of the first month's salary                  (employment period of  over 24 weeks)

Seasonal placement    - 75% of one month's salary                       (employment period of over 12 weeks and up to 24 weeks)

Temporary placement  - 20% of total salary earned                         (employment period of over 14 days and up to 12 weeks) minimum of 150EUR

Day work - 50 euros per day per crew member - invoiced weekly, payment on receipt of invoice

Day work for more than 14 days will be charged at a temporary placement rate.

All fees subject to VAT at 16%

Placement fees: are due within 30 days for a permenant placement and within 14days for Seasonal and Temporary from the first day of employment .Trial period shall be no longer than one month.

We reserve the right to charge 0.05% every week for late payment of invoices.

In the event that any Crew introduced by Pipeline, are employed or re-employed by the Client within the period of one year from the date of our initial introduction of the Crew member, the client will be charged the applicable placement fee.

Warranty

Warranty shall be valid if the invoice was paid in a timely manner and if the Company is notified within 48 hours of the departure of the Crew member.

Permanent placement - If employment is terminated by either party within the first thirty days of being hired, we will endevour to find a replacement.

The warranty will be invalidated in any of the following cases -

: Change in Ownership
: Change in Captain or more than 50% of the Crew
: Major change in schedule from that planned at the time of hire
: Failure by the Captain or Owner to provide a safe working environment
: Major change in job description from that for which the candidate was hired

Warranty is limited to one replacement.

Rights to information

You, the employer, agree to hold as confidential the identity of the candidates submitted the Company and further agree not to pass on,or otherwise distribute resumes or contact information for applicants received from the Company to any third party, other than for the purpose of reference verification. Any resume distributed to a third party shall be classed as a placement made and an invoice submitted to the original recipient for payment for each resume forwarded.

As a Crew member seeking employment you are providing the Company with information and warranting such information as an accurate and a true representation of your experience, skills and qualifications. You further agree that this information may be distributed by the company to third parties without your knowledge for the purpose of finding employment, reference verification or any other purpose deemed appropriate by the Company including release of information for the purpose of background checks and reference verification.