Paris (ap) — 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 stop an act at any moment The new legislation will allow sex. Belgium has made history by becoming the first country in the world to grant comprehensive employment rights to sex workers. Sex work was decriminalised in belgium in 2022 and is legal in several countries including germany, greece, the netherlands and turkey But establishing employment rights and contracts is a global. Belgium made history on sunday as the first country in the world to allow sex workers to sign formal employment contracts — granting them access to sick days, maternity pay and pension.
How belgian sex workers won employment rights last week, belgian sex workers were granted the right to sick days, maternity pay and pension rights as part of new legislation — the first of its kind in the world life & culture feature text brit dawson
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