Extended voyage means a voyage of no less than seven consecutive calendar days duration. Eligibility for Shore Leave Employees who are regularly assigned to duties aboard oceangoing vessels are entitled to earn shore leave. An employee is considered to be regularly assigned when his or her continuing duties are such that all or a significant part of them require that he or she serve aboard an oceangoing vessel. Temporary assignments of a shore-based employee, such as for limited work projects or for training, do not constitute a regular assignment. Accrual of Shore Leave Accumulation.
Shore leave is in addition to annual leave and accumulates without limit.
An employee earns shore leave at the rate of one day of shore leave for each 15 calendar days of duty on one or more extended voyages. Duration of voyage. For an employee who is an officer or crewmember, a voyage begins either on the date he or she assumes duties aboard an oceangoing vessel to begin preparation for a voyage or on the date of boarding when a voyage is in progress. The voyage terminates on the date the employee ceases to be an officer or crewmember of the oceangoing vessel, or on the date on which the employee is released from assignment of duties relating to that voyage aboard the oceangoing vessel at the port of origin or port of final discharge, whichever is earlier. It is not intended to include the performance of duties which are in the nature of maintaining the vessel between voyages.