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Belgium becomes first country to give sex workers robust labor rights and protections

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The new law guarantees fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an act, and stop an act at any moment.

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  1. UPI

    Belgium law granting labor rights to sex workers goes into effect (opens UPI)

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    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.

  2. Breitbart News

    Belgium Law Grants Prostitutes Access to State Benefits (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions.

  3. The Guardian

    Belgium’s sex workers win maternity pay and pension rights in world first (opens The Guardian)

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    Move by lawmakers hailed as ‘huge step forward’, ending legal discrimination against sex workers

  4. Local News 8

    A new Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits and safety protection (opens Local News 8)

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    Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Belgium is granting sex workers full labor rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions, starting Sunday. The law, following 2022’s decriminalization of sex work, also establishes key rights, such as refusing clients and stopping acts at any time.

  5. New York Post

    Belgium grants sex workers maternity pay, pensions under historic new law: ‘An incredible step forward’ (opens New York Post)

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    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.

  6. Reason

    Belgian sex workers gain access to paid leave, right to refuse sex acts (opens Reason)

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    Belgian sex work groups are cheering the new law. But it could come with some downsides.

  7. CNN

    Sex workers in Belgium now have maternity leave and sick pay in world first for employment rights (opens CNN)

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    Sex workers in Belgium are now entitled to formal employment contracts, which include sick pay and maternity leave, under a landmark law that went into effect Sunday.

  8. Jezebel

    Belgium Becomes the 1st Country to Give Sex Workers Pensions and Maternity Leave (opens Jezebel)

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    Jezebel's feed description

    Shoutout to Belgium for doing what the U.S. should, but probably never will.

  9. Delaware Public Media

    Belgium becomes first country to give sex workers robust labor rights and protections (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    The new law guarantees fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an act, and stop an act at any moment.

  10. New York Times

    Maternity Leave and Ongoing Consent: New Rights for Belgium’s Sex Workers (opens New York Times)

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    A groundbreaking law, which gives some sex workers greater labor protections and social benefits than similar legislation elsewhere in the world, in now in effect in the European country.

  11. CBS News

    Belgium gives sex workers the same employment rights as other workers in world-first law (opens CBS News)

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    Consensual prostitution was already decriminalized in the European country but until now it existed under a legal gray area.

  12. WHDH Boston

    Sex workers in Belgium now have maternity leave and sick pay in world first for employment rights - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    London (CNN) — Sex workers in Belgium are now entitled to formal employment contracts, which include sick pay and maternity leave, under a landmark law that

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