Annex G
Letter from the Overseas Labour Service
As you are aware from the round of consultations
carried out with you and the other football bodies by Campbell
Gilmore and myself during March, Ministers have been taking an
active interest in the work permit criteria that we currently
apply to professional footballers.
Following our report back to Ministers on these
consultations and a subsequent meeting with them, they have identified
a number of proposed changes to the existing criteria which they
have asked us to discuss with you and the other bodies involved
when we meet to review the criteria next Monday, 24 May.
I felt it was important to alert you to the
areas which the proposed changes affect. They are as follows:
— using a player's salary level as
an indicator;
— the duration of permits;
— changing the way that individual
applications are handled;
— using a panel of experts to decide
appeals;
— aggregating countries' FIFA rankings
over a longer period.
I look forward to meeting you on Monday when
we will be able to discuss in more detail the issues outlined
above.
Jim Martin
Sports & Entertainments Team
Overseas Labour Service
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