http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Wefare Posts tagged with 'Wefare' at MetaFilter. Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:13:04 -0800 Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:13:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/39143/Unemployment%2DBenefits%2Dand%2DBrothels <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/30/wgerm30.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2005/01/30/ixworld.html">&ldquo;If you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits&rdquo;</a> <br><br>Prostitution was legalized in Germany just over two years ago, and brothel owners, who must pay tax and employee health insurance, have been granted access to official government databases of jobseekers and have equal status with any other employer. As a result, job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same way as those looking for a dental nurse. Under Germany's welfare reforms, any woman under 55 who has been out of work for more than a year can be forced to take an available job or lose her unemployment benefit. <br><br> &ldquo;There is now nothing in the law to stop women from being sent into the sex industry. The new regulations say that working in the sex industry is not immoral any more, and so jobs cannot be turned down without a risk to benefits.&rdquo; tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39143 Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:13:04 -0800 Germany Prostitution Unemployment Wefare Steve_at_Linnwood