The ruling is the first of its kind since FIFA's maternity regulations came into force in January 2021.
Emmanuele CiancagliniSara Bjork Gunnarsdottir, who fell pregnant in early 2021, has waited nearly two years for the decision.FIFA's maternity regulations came into force in January 2021.
The 32-year-old turned to FIFPRO to lodge her complaint with FIFA and global soccer's governing body ruled in August last year that the club must pay the full amount owed to Bjork within 45 days of notification of the decision.Australia's paid parental leave scheme is being extended, but will it close the gender pay gap?
"I was entitled to my full salary... These are part of my rights, and this cannot be disputed, not even by a club as big as Lyon," Gunnarsdottir, who fell pregnant in early 2021, wrote on The Players' Tribune website. Bjork, a two-time Champions League-winning midfielder, signed for Juventus following her departure from Lyon after playing at Euro 2022 with Iceland.
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