A Postgraduate certificate that deals with the most important aspects of the employment relationship of sportsmen and sportswomen, with an in-depth study of the temporary nature of their contracts"

There are a number of factors that place the athlete's legal regime in a unique context. 

Some of them are the interaction between individual and collective contracts, the temporary nature of these, the appearance of figures such as assignments to other entities or the specificities of his work as an athlete.

Together they make up their special employment relationship, which requires an in-depth study to avoid conflicts with the clubs and ensure that the athlete performs his or her activity smoothly.

For this reason, TECH considers this program to be of great interest to sports professionals, as it will provide them with a global preparation in this area that will be decisive when it comes to asserting their rights and considering their obligations to the sports entity. In this regard, they will analyze key aspects such as the regulation of working time, salary, management power and disciplinary authority, transfers and occupational risk prevention.

Likewise, they will go through the different modifications of the employment relationship, as well as the consequences that the transfer of the club or entity has on the athlete.

Thanks to this specialization, the Sports Science professional will have everything they need to develop in an area of great interest. Accompanied on the academic path by prestigious teachers and through a modern Online Campus, students will have a wide range of multimedia resources to consult from the very beginning.

You will have everything you need to look after your rights in sport and advise other athletes"

This Postgraduate certificate in Labor Regime of Professional Athletes contains the most complete and updated scientific program in the market. Its most outstanding features are:

• The development of case studies presented by experts on the Labor Regime of Professional Athletes
• The graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents of the program provide legal and practical information on those disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies  
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

You will compare the legal regime of the elite athlete with that of the amateur, analyzing volunteering as a non-labor form of providing services for non-profit 
sports entities"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.  

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.  

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic Postgraduate certificate. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts. 

Take the next step in your career with this program and delimit the athlete's employment contract with respect to other related figures"

With this program you will deepen your knowledge of the Sports Law regulations applicable to the employment relationship of professional athletes, making a difference in this area"

Over the Postgraduate certificate of six weeks and with 150 hours of high quality educational content, the student will have a truly dynamic academic experience thanks to the confluence of multiple multimedia resources.

In this sense, master classes or case studies are combined with videos or interactive diagrams to give shape to a methodology known as Relearning.

Thanks to this method, students will more easily assimilate the concepts taught by teachers through reiteration. 

This syllabus will provide you with all the essentials and more about the salary conditions of sportsmen and women, examining their structure or the extra salary payments that correspond to these professionals" 

Module 1. Labor Law Regime of Professional and Amateur Sportsmen and Sportswomen

1.1. The employment relationship of professional athletes

1.1.1. Background: the process of laborization of professional sportsmen and women
1.1.2. The legal regime applicable to the employment relationship of professional athletes: sources of its regulation
1.1.3. Sports law regulations applicable to the employment relationship of professional athletes
1.1.4. Exclusions

1.2. The professional athlete. Differences with non-professional or amateur sports

1.2.1. Professional vs non-professional (amateur) athlete
1.2.2. Notes on the employment relationship of the professional athlete
1.2.3. Volunteering as a non-labor form of providing services for non-profit sports organizations
1.2.4. Peculiarities of the e-Sports employment relationship

1.3. The employment contract of professional athletes

1.3.1. The subjects of the employment relationship in professional sports
1.3.2. The delimitation of the employment contract from other related concepts 
1.3.3. The ability to be contracted by a club or sporting entity

1.3.3.1. The age of the professional athlete
1.3.3.2. Nationality

1.3.4. The capacity to contract as a professional athlete

1.3.4.1. Working age
1.3.4.2. The federative license

1.3.5. Limits to employment contracts of sports clubs and organizations
1.3.6. Preliminary agreements in the sports employment contract: the pre-contract and the promise of contract

1.4. Formalization of the Athletes' Employment Contract: Temporary nature and types of contracts

1.4.1. The form of the employment contract of professional athletes
1.4.2. Mandatory minimum content of the contract
1.4.3. Temporariness as a "natural" characteristic of the employment contract of professional sportsmen and sportswomen
1.4.4. Contractual modalities in the contract of the professional athletes
1.4.5. Extension of the contract and retention rights
1.4.6. The Probationary Period
1.4.7. Compensation for termination of the contract

1.5. The determination of the professional athlete's employment relationship: classification and working time

1.5.1. Professional classification
1.5.2. Working and resting time

1.5.2.1. The professional athlete's journey
1.5.2.2. Weekly rest
1.5.2.3. Labor Holidays
1.5.2.4. Vacations for professional athletes
1.5.2.5. Paid leave

1.5.3. The determination of the employment relationship of the professional athlete in collective bargaining

1.6. The salary of the professional athlete

1.6.1. The concept of salary and non-wage compensation
1.6.2. The salary structure of professional athletes
1.6.3. Determination of wages: amount and payment of wages
1.6.4. Protecting the salaries of professional athletes

1.7. Rights and duties of professional athletes and their contracting entities

1.7.1. The duty of care and the performance required of the professional athlete
1.7.2. Fundamental rights: freedom of expression of the professional athlete
1.7.3. Athletes' image rights
1.7.4. The right to effective occupancy
1.7.5. Athletes' collective rights: collective representation rights, the right to strike and collective bargaining
1.7.6. Other rights and duties of athletes
1.7.7. The protection of the labor rights of professional athletes
1.7.8. Occupational health protection for professional athletes

1.8. Vicissitudes of the employment relationship of professional sportsmen and women

1.8.1. Functional Mobility
1.8.2. Changes in working conditions
1.8.3. International mobility of professional athletes and the applicable legal regime
1.8.4. Suspension of the employment relationship
1.8.5. Temporary assignment of the athlete
1.8.6. The transfer of the club or sporting entity

1.9. Disciplinary regime and dismissal of the professional athlete

1.9.1. Disciplinary regime for professional athletes
1.9.2. Dismissal of professional athletes
1.9.3. Protection against dismissal for professional athletes

1.10. Termination of the employment relationship of the professional athlete

1.10.1. Causes of extinction: general enumeration of causes
1.10.2. Causes attributable to the professional athlete
1.10.3. Causes attributable to the club or sporting entity
1.10.4. Termination of the employment relationship at the will of the professional athlete

In order to provide the most comprehensive perspective possible on the employment regime of sports professionals, the agenda incorporates the case of e-sports athletes”