Thursday, March 6, 2025

Funded by Saudi Arabia, women's tennis players to receive maternity pay for 1st time

Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka sits with her son Leon in her player's suite at the U.S. Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 4, 2020

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 announced Thursday by the WTA.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/paid-maternity-leave-womens-tennis-players-saudi-arabia-1.7476489?cmp=rss

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