The Jones Act- Thirty Percent Rule

Posted by: rzehl
May 13, 2008
Topic: The Jones Act

Any worker claiming to be a Jones Act seaman must have spent thirty percent or more of his time in the service of a vessel in navigation. As always, if the worker worked on more than one vessel or platform during his career, each of these vessels must have been under his defendant-employer's common ownership or control.

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