PREMIER LEAGUE

MISCELLANEOUS
CONSTITUTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
NEGOTIATING AND CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
(ENGLAND AND WALES)
Title
1. The committee shall be called the Professional Football Negotiating and Consultative
Committee (P.F.N.C.C.).
Membership
2. The committee shall consist of
(a) four representatives from the Professional Footballers’ Association;
(b) two representatives from The Football League Limited;
(c) two representatives from The FA Premier League Limited;
(d) one representative from The Football Association Limited;
(e) the Chief Executive/Officers of each of the four bodies listed above.
Scope
3. The committee shall have within its scope Professional Association Football Players employed
by clubs in membership of The Football League Limited and The FA Premier League Limited.
Function
4. The function of the committee shall be:
(a) to consider questions concerning players’ remuneration and other terms and
conditions of employment, including contractual obligations, minimum pay,
bonuses governed by League rules, pensions, fringe benefits, holidays, standard
working conditions and insurance, as well as procedural matters involving the
negotiating machinery, and the contract appeals machinery. This should not be
regarded as an exhaustive list. No major changes in the regulations of the Leagues
affecting a player’s terms and conditions of employment shall take place without
full discussion and agreement in the P.F.N.C.C.;
and
(b) to facilitate consultation between the parties on any matter relating to professional
Association Football upon which any of the parties considers that the view of the
P.F.N.C.C. would be desirable to help further the best interests of the game.
Chairman
5. (a) The committee shall appoint an independent chairman.
(b) In the event of the unavoidable absence of the independent chairman, a meeting
may be chaired by a member of the Committee by agreement of all the four bodies
listed in Clause 2.
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