Sex workers in Belgium will now be treated like any other worker in the country, with access to employment contracts, maternity leave, health benefits, pensions and more.

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Under a new law in Belgium - the first of its kind in the world - this will now be the case. Sex workers will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance, pensions, maternity leave and sick days. Essentially, it will be treated like any other job.

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

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

Under the new law, which took effect Sunday, sex work employees have access to paid public holidays and to Belgium's version of Social Security. Sex workers will also have access to paid sick days, maternity leave,

In Belgium, a law has come into effect granting workers in the service industry a range of employee rights. Now, workers have the same rights as those in other sectors. Sex workers in Belgium have gained rights to sick leave,

Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some call a “revolution.” The new law also establishes fundamental rights for sex workers including the right to refuse clients,

Belgian prostitutes have been given full employment rights under a new law, which enables sex workers to claim social security and pensions. The law has created a new category of employment which requires an official employment contract -travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe - or sex workers.