ANGAŽOVANJE DECE U SPORTU
ENGAGEMENT OF CHILDREN IN SPORTS

Author(s): Jovana Rajić Ćalić
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Sports Studies, Sociology of Law
Published by: Institut za uporedno pravo
Keywords: sports and children; professional engagement of children; child labor; permissibility of child labor
Summary/Abstract: More and more often, we are witnessing the involvement of children in the field of sports, first as a hobby and later with some form of scholarship, as an incentive for professional sports. In our law, there is no legal regulation that would regulate sports engagement that does not have a professional character, and there are also no important provisions regarding health care, considering the possibility of injuries and illnesses. In theory, the question of the involvement of children in sports has not been sufficiently studied, and often the basis of their involvement remains obscured. Bearing in mind the principle of special protection of these categories in the employment relationship, the question arises whether this principle also applies to the employment of children who do not belong to the circle of professional activities and how it should be implemented. The paper will discuss the involvement of children in sports, with consideration of the legal regulations that form the basis of their involvement in sports. Such consideration is inextricably linked to the provisions of the Labor Law, as the basic law in the sphere of labor relations, as well as the Law on Sports as lex specialis.

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