Transferring a football club and its players falls within the Labour Relations Act

An FC is an employee and the players are employees, so players’ contracts remain intact if it is soldProfessional football players and coaches in the Premier Soccer League or GladAfrica Championship have reason to cry foul if their clubs are sold and they are sidelined because the new owners cannot afford their salaries.

What’s more, the fact that a sale may have the approval of the National Soccer League does not make a transaction any more lawful if players, coaches or other employees have been unilaterally excluded. Considering the financial predicament of professional football, this will probably not be the last time a PSL club is up for sale. It is important, then, for both existing and prospective owners to understand their legal obligations as employers.

This means that, unless otherwise agreed, the new employer automatically takes the place of the old employer, including the employment contracts of players, coaches and other employees.Furthermore, the new employer is required to employ the transferred employees on terms and conditions that are no less favourable on the whole than the terms and conditions on which they were employed by the old employer before the date of transfer.

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