US EditionBelgium Becomes First Country to Grant Full Employment Rights to Sex Workers
- Belgium has become the first country to grant full employment rights to sex workers, as stated by CNN.
- Under the new law, sex workers signing a formal employment contract are entitled to health insurance and unemployment benefits, according to Quentin Deltour.
- Employers must now obtain a government license and adhere to strict safety protocols, according to Daan Bauwens.
- The law provides sex workers with protections like maternity leave and pensions, marking a significant legislative achievement in workers' rights.
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While sex work is authorized in 21 of the 27 member countries of the European Union, the practice is still poorly regulated. Belgium becomes the first country in the world to offer a contract of
From Sunday they can have a normal employment contract, complete with a salary even in case of illness, access to social security, mortgage, and maternity leave. Belgium thus becomes the first country in the world to guarantee prostitutes a working life as employees with the related protections, like all other workers, and like them they will be able to enjoy all social rights. The law, passed in May, has been in effect since Sunday. However, th…
New Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits, protection
PARIS — Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some call a “revolution.” The new law also establishes fundamental rights for sex workers including the right to refuse clients, choose their practices and
On 1 December, Belgium adopted a new law giving women sex workers rights (95% are women), equating their profession to that of traditional sectors, and following the decriminalization of activity, adopted also in Belgium in 2022 after months of protests. Thus, prostitutes leave the grey area where their activity was already legal but was not recognized as such. Although there are other European countries where prostitution is legalized, such as …
Sex Workers in Belgium Gain First Ever Labor Rights
Image: Sex workers demonstrate outside a parliamentary debate in London on the 4th July 2018. Credit: Juno Mac – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr. Sex workers in Belgium are now able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights similar to those in other fields of work, under a new law enacted on Sunday, December 1. The law grants sex workers labor rights such as the right to refuse clients, choose their own practices, and stop a sexual in…
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