Procedure for dealing with complaints
Procedure for dealing with complaints
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- Published: 08 July 2021
PROCEDURE FOR DEALING WITH COMPLAINTS
Chapter 1 Scope of the procedure
This procedure regulates the course of action to be taken in the event of a Client's complaint about the conduct of the seafarer recruitment process by KGA employees.
Chapter 2 Responsibility
1. The KGA owner is responsible for approving the procedure.
2. Employees in the units are responsible for providing explanations for the case.
3. The MLC Representative’s responsibility is to review the Complaints Form (Schedule 1), analyse the circumstances, and make suggestions as to how to resolve the matter and respond to the complainant. The Quality Officer shall record the complaint and/or grievance in the Complaints Register.
4. The KGA owner is responsible for responding to the complainant.
Chapter 3 Description of the proceedings
The Employment Agency shall be held liable under the civil law contract signed with the seafarer. The Agency's liability shall commence on the date the contract is signed and shall continue throughout the term of the contract.
All seafarers/clients of the Agency shall have the right to lodge a complaint and/or grievance about the company's performance if it is believed that there is good reason for this.
For formal reasons, the Agency expects complaints, if any, to be received in writing with a description of the particulars of the incident and the statement of the seafarer's expectations.
The Agency enables you to file complaints directly with the Crew Operator and/or via: - email to grono@grono.pl
or
- by mail sent to the company's address:
Krzysztof Grono Agency s.c.
ul. Świętojańska 36/1
81-372 Gdynia
Chapter 4. Complaints about the Ship, the Shipowner/Ship Operator, the Ship Manager.
1. The seafarer shall submit their complaint in writing to the relevant Crew Operator or e-mail it or
post to the company's address.
2. The Crew Operator shall send a message and information about the lodged complaint to the appropriate Shipowner/Ship Operator or Vessel Manager, with a notification to the Agency President.
3. Each complaint shall be recorded in the Complaints Register by the MLC Representative.
4. Complaints will be reviewed and responded to within 14 working days from the day of receipt of the complaint.
5. If a seafarer is not satisfied with the response received, they shall have the right to appeal to the Polish Maritime Administration (Maritime Authority).
Chapter 5 Complaints against the Agency.
1. Complaints about the front desk shall be submitted to the Owner and reviewed within 7 working days.
2. Complaints about the Recruitment Department shall be submitted to the Owner and reviewed within 14 working days.
3. Complaints about the Crew Operators shall be submitted to the Owner and reviewed within 14 working days.
4. Each complaint shall be recorded in the Complaints Register by the MLC Representative.
5. If a seafarer is not satisfied with the response received, they shall have the right to appeal to the Polish Maritime Administration (Maritime Authority).
The Agency will report all unresolved complaints to the relevant maritime administration supervisory body:
Maritime Office in Gdynia
ul. Chrzanowskiego 10
81-338 Gdynia
Poland
Tel. +48 58 355 3220
Fax. +48 58 620 30 39 dumsekr@umgdy.gov.pl
Chapter 6. Complaints against the Shipowner/Ship Operator while a seafarer is on board
1. While on board, if a seafarer wishes to make a complaint against the shipowner/ship operator, they should submit such a complaint to an authority which is competent for the vessel’s flag or to the Ministry in Warsaw to the below stated address:
Maritime Office in Gdynia
ul. Chrzanowskiego 10
81-338 Gdynia
Poland
Tel. +48 58 355 3220
Fax. +48 58 620 30 39 dumsekr@umgdy.gov.pl