07-29-2022, 08:04 AM
If your contract says you have to wear a uniform with whatever signs for sponsors and causes that the employer directs from time to time, then there’s no obligation to consult. I’m guessing that’s exactly the case with AFL contracts and I doubt large companies would agree to individual consultations with their workforce or a veto to any employee who has an issue.
Are you suggesting players at Manly had to agree to the Points Bet sponsorship or that individual players had the right to play in a guernsey which didn’t bear that sponsor’s name? That would be ridiculous.
My guess is that Manly had the right to modify the guernsey as they did without being legally required to consult. There was no suggestion that the players would sue to be able to play in the old jumper. After all, the NRL was well aware of this issue after The Izzy Folau saga and would have made sure the standard contract gave the NRL and clubs absolute control of their guernseys.
Manly could be criticised for failing to head off this issue given that it wasn’t willing to pull the trigger by threatening 7 players with the sack. That was the error.
AFAIK, there’s no right to a conscientious objection. The Izzy Folau case swung on whether the ARU’s contract allowed it to regulate the sort of social media comments that Folau was making.
One surprising revelation in the wake of this saga was that Willie Hopoate refused to play games on Sundays on the grounds that Sunday is the Sabbath. Can you imagine an AFL player pulling that stunt?
Are you suggesting players at Manly had to agree to the Points Bet sponsorship or that individual players had the right to play in a guernsey which didn’t bear that sponsor’s name? That would be ridiculous.
My guess is that Manly had the right to modify the guernsey as they did without being legally required to consult. There was no suggestion that the players would sue to be able to play in the old jumper. After all, the NRL was well aware of this issue after The Izzy Folau saga and would have made sure the standard contract gave the NRL and clubs absolute control of their guernseys.
Manly could be criticised for failing to head off this issue given that it wasn’t willing to pull the trigger by threatening 7 players with the sack. That was the error.
AFAIK, there’s no right to a conscientious objection. The Izzy Folau case swung on whether the ARU’s contract allowed it to regulate the sort of social media comments that Folau was making.
One surprising revelation in the wake of this saga was that Willie Hopoate refused to play games on Sundays on the grounds that Sunday is the Sabbath. Can you imagine an AFL player pulling that stunt?