Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions

Belgium law granting labor rights to sex workers goes into effect
A new law in Belgium granting labor rights to sex workers went into effect Sunday after the European country voted in 2022 to decriminalize sex work.
A new Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits and safety protection
Belgium is granting sex workers full labor rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions, starting Sunday.
Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law
Her life would have been much easier had she had a right to maternity leave, paid by her employer. Under a new law in Belgium - the first of its kind in the world - this will now
Belgium passes law granting sex workers maternity leave, pension
Belgium on Sunday passed a landmark law granting sex workers the same rights as other workers. The new law ensures that sex workers are treated as
Sex workers in Belgium to access to paid leave and pensions as new law comes into effect
The new law also gives sex workers the right to refuse clients, choose their practices and stop an act at any moment. | ITV National News
Sex workers in Belgium granted employment rights including maternity pay and pensions
Sex workers in Belgium have been granted full employment rights, including maternity pay, sick days and pensions. The new law, which came into force on Sunday, puts them on a par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some supporters are calling a "revolution".
‘Opportunity for us to exist,’ Belgium becomes first country to recognise sex workers’ rights
Belgium has become the first country to officially recognize sex workers’ rights, providing benefits like maternity leave and health insurance. This follows the decriminalization of sex work in 2022,
EXTRA: Sex workers to get maternity leave, pension under Belgium’s new law
Belgian sex workers have been granted the right to maternity pay and pension rights under the first law of its kind in the world
‘Revolutionary’ Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits and safety protection
World-first law’ gives access to health insurance, pension, paid leave, maternity benefits, unemployment support, right to refuse clients.
Belgium grants sex workers maternity pay, pensions under historic new law: ‘An incredible step forward’
Sex workers in Belgium will now be entitled to maternity pay, a pension, health insurance and other employment benefits under a new law that went into effect Sunday. The new law – passed by pols in May in an attempt to crack down on sexual abuse and exploitation – also allows the workers to refuse sexual partners,
Belgian sex workers officially given new rights including right to refuse clients
Sex workers in Belgium can now sign formal employment contracts and gain labour rights on a par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some are calling a "revolution". The new law also establishes fundamental rights for sex workers,
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