Pakistan’s Female Cricketers Can Now Get a 12 Month Maternity Leave
In a groundbreaking set of reforms, the PCB announced significant new parental support policies for cricketers like a 12 month maternity leave.
In a new set of policies, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has introduced its new Parental Support Policy. The revolutionary policy is intended to motivate and support Pakistani athletes in their journey to parenthood. Under the reform, female cricketers will now be granted 12-month maternity leave.
In correlation with global trends, the PCB has taken this much-awaited step. Athletes’ tight training schedules and long gameday schedules leave little time for them to be able to plan parenthood despite their desires to start a family.
Under PCB’s renewed Parental Support Policy, female cricketers will be entitled to yearlong paid maternity leave, in addition to the option of switching to a non-playing role as they approach their maternity leave. Male cricketers are now allowed concessions and will be entitled to a month-long paid paternity leave.
Only the Australian and New Zealand cricket boards have such powerful parental leave policies, and other boards are said to be working on their own policies
“The PCB has a duty of care towards its cricketers and at every turn, it has taken measures to support them. In this relation, it is appropriate that we have a player-friendly parental support policy so that our professional cricketers can feel fully supported during an important stage in their lives, without worrying about their careers,” PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan said in a press release.
“Now that we have a maternity leave policy, I am hopeful that it will attract more women and girls to take up the sport as this will help them strike the crucial work-life balance.”
The reforms made by PCB in their Parental Support Policy met with a lot of appreciation from both- former and current cricketers.
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