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Iceland’s Sarah Björk Gunnarsdottir has won her claim against former club Olympique Lyonnais after she was not paid her full salary while pregnant. On appeal, FIFA and world football governing bodies ruled last August that the club must pay the full amount owed to Björk within 45 days of notification of the decision.
FIFA said the club would face a transfer ban if it did not pay the full amount. In a statement, FIFPRO explained that it was the first ruling of its kind since FIFA’s maternity rules came into force in January 2021.
Gnarsdottir, who became pregnant in early 2021, wrote to The Players’ Tribune: website. “This is not ‘just a business’. This is about my rights as a worker, as a woman and as a human being,” added the midfielder.
The two-time Champions League-winning midfielder has signed for Juventus after leaving Lyon after playing with Iceland at Euro 2022. “They didn’t expect something like this, especially from a big club like Lyon,” said FIFPRO Alexandra Gomez Bruin, who worked on the case and was actively involved in defining FIFA’s maternity rules. A senior legal adviser to Wood told Reuters.
“We did not anticipate such cases when we pushed these regulations, but we knew there would come a time when these protections would be used. They can, of course it won’t be easy, but at least they have a legal basis with some protections.
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