Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law - BBC News
Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law - BBC News
They will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance and sick days.
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I'm pretty sure that the same is true for German sex workers under the normal employment laws.
They usually aren't "employed" though, as far as I know, as in having employment contracts. That's the new thing they're doing in Belgium, they're now entitled to a contract that guarantees adherence to labour laws.
That most sex workers are self-employed in Germany is a result of the strict employment laws, in particular, if you employ a baker and tell them to knead bread and they refuse then you can fire them. Can't do that with a sex worker as they can refuse to serve any client for any or no reason.
It's not like there's no employed sex workers but the more usual model is that a brothel provides a room, security, and a lobby and sex workers pay for the use of those with money they make off their clients. Just like running a business in a mall, but a particular kind of business in a particular kind of mall.
That's disgusting, those kind of malls, which one though, where, just so I can avoid them.
Haha very funny. Try google and definitely come sober, freshly showered and in a fresh set of clothes.
Well it's a IASIP reference, ofc it's funny.
My sample size of one prostitute I know was actually employed in a bordello. She loved her job but quit when she entered a monogamous relationship.
they’re now entitled to a contract that guarantees adherence to labour laws.
Sounds like they're "entitled" to have to find a boss to work for in order to benefit from this law, unless the government provides maternity pay for freelancers?
It would be if they were employees, but they're always self-employed.