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Sex workers in Belgium will be protected in future
On Sunday, a law came into force in Belgium that guarantees social benefits for sex workers. It puts people who work in the erotic and sex industry on an equal footing with other employees under labor law - making it the first of its kind.
The parliament in Brussels voted on the law back in May. Sex work had already been decriminalized in the country in 2022, but there was no legal equality with other professions under employment law until now.
Entitlement to maternity leave, sick days and pension
This is now changing. Employment contracts - including the usual social benefits - are to become standard in future. This also includes entitlement to maternity leave, sick days and a pension.
The amendment has been praised by many as a "huge step forward", according to Der Spiegel. Human Rights Watch and the Belgian Association of Sex Workers also welcome the law.
"Normalization of exploitation"
Feminist organizations had criticized the move. If sex work is normalized, then the exploitation of women will also be normalized, they argued.
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