Sports: Drugs

(asked on 17th March 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have sought legal advice on whether the "Whereabouts" system operated by UK Anti-Doping during vacations taken by professional athletes meets the conditions of the EU Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC).


Answered by
Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 24th March 2016

The Working Time Directive is a matter for employers. The UK Anti-Doping is not an employer of athletes.`

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