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Funded by Saudi Arabia, women's tennis players to receive maternity pay for 1st time
Pregnant players on the women's tennis tour now can receive 12 months of paid maternity leave, and those who become parents via partner pregnancy, surrogacy or adoption can get two months off with pay, under a program sponsored by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and announced Thursday by the WTA.
Women’s tennis players now are eligible for paid maternity leave funded by Saudi Arabia’s PIF
DUBAI: Pregnant players on the women’s tennis tour now can receive 12 months of paid maternity leave, and those who become parents via partner pregnancy, surrogacy or adoption can get two months off with pay, under a program sponsored by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and announced Thursday by the WTA. “Independent contractors and self-employed individuals don’t typically have these kinds of maternity benefits provided and available to them. They have to go out and sort of figure out those benefits for themselves,” WTA CEO Portia Archer said. “This is really sort of novel and groundbreaking.” More than 300 players are eligible for the fund, which is retroactive to Jan. 1. The WTA would not disclose how much money is involved.
Exclusive-Saudi Arabia-backed sports fund weighs investing in World Athletics, sources say
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Fundraiser for Kent footballer and VCD Athletic FC left back Tom Carlse after severe throat injury in FA Vase game against Hartpury University
A fundraiser has been set up for a footballer who required life-saving surgery after suffering a serious throat injury.