Regulations: two FIFA reforms aimed at protecting coaches and women's football players

The FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee is backing a series of "landmark reforms to strengthen the protection of female players, as well as football coaches" including the key measures below (document available to download):
• "Mandatory maternity leave of at least 14 weeks, at a minimum of two thirds of the player's contracted salary.
• On their return to work, clubs must reintegrate female players and provide adequate medical and physical support.
• No female player should ever suffer a disadvantage as a result of becoming pregnant, thus securing greater employment protection for women in football," announced the International Federation on 19/11/2020.

"Following the recent phenomenal growth and the unprecedented success of the FIFA Women's World Cup in France last year, women's football is now entering its next stage of development. It follows that we also have to adopt a regulatory framework that is appropriate and suitable to the needs of the women's game," said Gianni Infantino (ITA/SUI), president of FIFA.

"The Football Stakeholders Committee also approved new rules to…