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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.
Under the law, which Belgian lawmakers passed in May, sex workers signing such a contract also become entitled to a raft of other rights and protections that normally apply to workers employed in other industries, such as health insurance and unemployment benefits.
“This is a world first in the sense that it is the first comprehensive legislative framework that grants sex workers equal rights (with
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