EMPLOYS

In view of the current change dynamics in Olympic sport, the field of athletes’ employment relationships is also facing fundamental challenges. While the organised sport has traditionally been characterised by amateurism, voluntary commitment and prestige, increasing professionalisation and commercialisation have transformed both the structures and the perception of Olympic sport. Against this background, demands for …

EMPLOYS project on athletes‘ employment relations successfully terminated Read More »

After two years of work, the EMPLOYS team culminated their project in a final conference with stakeholders and experts on 6 December 2022. The meeting in Brussels served to discuss the recommendations that emerged from the fact base of the legal and socio-political situation and the evaluation of good governance in athletes’ relations, the first …

Are Olympic athletes workers? Final EMPLOYS conference held in Brussels Read More »

The fifth EMPLOYS Multiplier Sport Event was held on June 17th, 2022, in the beautiful and historical city of Warsaw to discuss good governance in the employment relations of athletes in Olympic sports in Europe. Although attendees of the meeting were mostly participating online, the EOA and other delegates showed their support with their on-site …

Warsaw hosts the fifth EMPLOYS conference to discuss good governance principles in athletes’ employment Read More »

Key stakeholders met in Rijeka in May 2022 to debate Good Governance in the Employment Relations of Elite Athletes in Olympic sports at the fourth EMPLOYS conference. In recent months, the project team had developed a set of athlete-centred principles for good governance on employment relations, grouped into six dimensions, which were now presented and …

“There is a consensus but tensions prevail.” Takeaways from the EMPLOYS conference in Rijeka Read More »

On March 16, 2022, the EMPLOYS team held its third conference at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk/Liverpool, UK to discuss the interim results of governing athlete employment relationships with a focus on Northern Europe. The EOA acts as a practice-oriented partner in this Erasmus+ supported programme. After completing the first stage of the project, which …

Liverpool conference yielded valuable learnings for EMPLOYS, ushered in the second phase of the project Read More »

The Erasmus+ EMPLOYS project hosts the second Multiplier Sport Event on the topic of “Understanding the Employment Relations of Athletes in Olympic Sports in Europe” on Friday, 17 December. Stakeholders from various national sport governing bodies, national legislators and academic experts from all over the continent, including, among others, the NOCs of Portugal and France, …

Invitation to second EMPLOYS Conference Read More »

On 22 October 2021, the first Multiplier Sport Event of EMPLOYS, in which the EOA is involved as a project partner, took place in Cologne, Germany. The objectives of this first public conference were to present the preliminary study findings and discuss them with the participation of athlete representatives and transnational stakeholders. The hybrid conference …

EMPLOYS project held first conference to discuss preliminary study results Read More »

The EOA recently started to collaborate in a research project entitled “Understanding, Evaluating, and Improving Good Governance in the Employment Relations of Athletes in Olympic Sports in Europe” (EMPLOYS). The project aims to improve good governance in athlete working relationships in Olympic sport through the provision, evaluation and sharing of evidence-based information, practice and recommendations …

ERASMUS+ research project EMPLOYS launched with participation of EOA Read More »