In Belgium, prostitution has become an official job

The lawmakers' decision was called a “huge step forward” that put an end to legal discrimination against sex workers.

In Belgium, prostitutes have been given the right to sick leave, maternity and pension benefits under the first law of its kind in the world.

This is reported by The Guardian.

In May legislators voted for giving sex workers the same job guarantees as all other workers in an effort to end violence and exploitation.

The law, which took effect on December 1, guarantees that sex workers will have employment contracts and legal protection. It is designed to end the “grey area” created in 2022, when sex work was decriminalized in Belgium, but without giving sex workers any guarantees of protection or employment rights, such as unemployment benefits or health insurance.

According to the law, sex workers have…