Belgium grants sex workers maternity pay, 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 grants sex workers maternity pay, pensions under historic new law: ‘An incredible step forward’
I had to work while I was nine months pregnant. I was having sex with clients one week before giving birth,” said a Belgium sex worker named Sophie, lamenting conditions before the
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
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
‘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,
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".
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 employees, entitling them to benefits such as maternity leave,
‘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.
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