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Contratos de trabalho celebrados entre um praticante desportivo profissional e uma entidade empregadora desportiva estão sujeitos a normas trabalhistas previstas em legislação específica, e, no que não lhe for incompatível, às previsões gerais do Código do Trabalho, sendo a atividade amplamente aceita como forma de trabalho organizado. As especificidades da profissão justificam a existência de lei especial, o que também justificaria a discussão acerca da observação (ou não) dos direitos de personalidade do trabalhador, especialmente no que se refere à limitação ao respeito da sua vida privada e intimidade em razão de pretenderem as entidades desportivas, cada vez mais, garantir que os atletas estejam em ótimas condições físicas e proporcionem os melhores resultados nas partidas, para além dos treinos diários. Esta questão mantém-se atual em razão do desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias que possibilitam o controlo, por parte da entidade empregadora, das atividades do praticante desportivo não apenas durante o trabalho, mas também durante o período em que não estaria à disponibilidade desta – ou seja, suas condutas extra laborais. Por esse motivo, a presente dissertação versa sobre quais serão (ou se existem) os limites a esse controlo exercido pela entidade desportiva sobre o praticante desportivo em relação a questões da sua vida privada e intimidade. Para isso, trataremos do contrato de trabalho desportivo, dos direitos de personalidade dos trabalhadores e, especialmente, do atleta e as especificidades previstas na Lei nº 54/2017, de 14 de julho, para além daquilo que consta da Constituição da República Portuguesa e do Código do Trabalho. Por fim, então, analisaremos efetivamente a existência (ou não) de restrições ao controlo da intimidade e da privacidade do praticante desportivo por parte da entidade empregadora.
An employment contract signed between a football club and a player is subjected to labour regulations and specific legislation, as well as the Labour Code, provided the law is compatible, with professional football being broadly accepted as a mean of organised work. The particularities of football as an activity justify the existence of specific legislation, which can also be seen as in regards to what would be the rationale behind the questioning of the need to (or not to) comply with players’ personality rights by the football team, especially in regards to not respecting their right to privacy and intimacy as a consequence of trying to ensure that their athletes are in their best physical condition to achieve the best results in matches the players participate in. This matter is still current, because of the development of new technologies that allow football clubs to control their athletes’ activity not only during work hours, but also when the player would typically not be available to be controlled in such a way – in other words, in regard to what they do outside of work. These are the reasons why this dissertation will focus on what would be the limits (or if there are any) to what a football club can control in regard to the players’ lives and actions if it means they would not be respecting their right to privacy and intimacy. In order to do so, we will talk about contracts for professional athletes, worker’s personality rights, especially football players’, including specificities in conformity with Law n. 54/2017, of 14th of July, while also mentioning the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and the Labour Code. At last, we will analyse if there are (or there are not) limitations to the club’s control over the players’ right to privacy and intimacy.
An employment contract signed between a football club and a player is subjected to labour regulations and specific legislation, as well as the Labour Code, provided the law is compatible, with professional football being broadly accepted as a mean of organised work. The particularities of football as an activity justify the existence of specific legislation, which can also be seen as in regards to what would be the rationale behind the questioning of the need to (or not to) comply with players’ personality rights by the football team, especially in regards to not respecting their right to privacy and intimacy as a consequence of trying to ensure that their athletes are in their best physical condition to achieve the best results in matches the players participate in. This matter is still current, because of the development of new technologies that allow football clubs to control their athletes’ activity not only during work hours, but also when the player would typically not be available to be controlled in such a way – in other words, in regard to what they do outside of work. These are the reasons why this dissertation will focus on what would be the limits (or if there are any) to what a football club can control in regard to the players’ lives and actions if it means they would not be respecting their right to privacy and intimacy. In order to do so, we will talk about contracts for professional athletes, worker’s personality rights, especially football players’, including specificities in conformity with Law n. 54/2017, of 14th of July, while also mentioning the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and the Labour Code. At last, we will analyse if there are (or there are not) limitations to the club’s control over the players’ right to privacy and intimacy.
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Contrato de trabalho desportivo Praticante desportivo Direitos de personalidade Direito à vida privada e à intimidade Contracts for professional athletes Sports player Personality rights Right to privacy and intimacy