Belgian sex workers to get health insurance, pensions and maternity leave in world first

Under the new Belgian law, sex workers will have the right to employment contracts. Photo: Getty

James Crisp
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Belgium has become the first country in the world to approve a labour law on employment contracts for sex workers.

Under the law, if a prostitute refuses a client more than ten times over six months, a pimp can trigger an intervention by a government mediator but cannot sack the employee.