The Seafarer Act Article 21

The seafarer is entitled to terminate the employment contract if any of the following situations occur:1. The ship loses its nationality;2. The employer misrepresents any fact at the time of signing of the employment contract in a manner which might mislead the seafarer and cause him to sustain damage therefrom;3. A doctor has issued a certificate of diagnosis to verify that the seafarer suffers from physical or mental impairment that prevents him/her from engaging in the work consistently;4. The employer, his (or her) agent, or family members of the above persons commits violence or grossly insults or threat to the seafarer;5. The environment of work is likely to be injurious to the seafarer's health and the seafarer has without success requested his (or her) employer to improve working conditions;6. The employer breaches the employment contract or violates any labor statute or administrative regulation in a manner likely to adversely affect the rights and interests of the seafarer;7. The employer fails to pay wage and allowance in accordance with the employment contract; or8. The other fellow workers carry epidemic disease and there is a possibility that the seafarer may contract this disease.