(Reuters) – World Rugby stated on Thursday it was concerned by stories of allegations that the leaders of the France 2023 World Cup organising committee created a poisonous setting by which employees had been verbally abused and overworked.
French newspaper L’Equipe stated it spoke to staff of the Groupement d’Interet Public (GIP) France 2023 who labored on the Paris headquarters and so they described a tradition of concern and “administration by terror”.
At the centre of the allegations had been France’s 2023 Rugby World Cup chief Claude Atcher and his chief of employees Marie Houzot.
Reuters has contacted the French Rugby Federation (FFR) for remark.
“World Rugby is concerned by media stories in relation to alleged working situations throughout the France 2023 organising committee,” the game’s governing physique stated in an announcement.
“The wellbeing of the rugby household is paramount and World Rugby has formally raised the allegations with the board of the France 2023 organising committee and the FFR.
“We observe that the matter is being thought-about by the France 2023 Ethics Committee and we welcome the French Sports Ministry’s name for a complete investigation to be undertaken by the labour workplace.”
The World Cup can be performed in France for the second time from Sept. 8 subsequent yr. The nation additionally hosted the event in 2007.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, enhancing by Ed Osmond)
