Addendum_Forthcoming said:
ErrrorWayz said:
Sex workers in the UK have pension support - ha ha ha, who told you that? Because they really, really don't. They do in Holland where brothels are legal. The only way you'd get a State pension in the UK is if your employer made your national insurance contributions and as your employer would be a pimp, which is illegal, they wouldn't do that. You might be able to claim self employment of some form but I think it would be fair to say most don't have the know how or opportunity to setup a fake company.
They're still eligible for the pension, I thought? I thought all British subjects could access pension when over a certain age. Over here, sex workers have their own state union. The reps are nice, and less org-crime filled than most others. Good ol' Scarlet Alliance. Pretty sure in Australia they also have an industry superfund.
I honestly thought we just imported our sex worker legalisation from the UK, but apparently not. We usually either carbon copy our laws from the French or the UK ...
Everyone is mate, you are right up to a point... but it's as long as they have a demonstrable national insurance payment record through employment or self employment:
Here - https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance/overview
"1. Overview
You pay National Insurance contributions to qualify for certain benefits including the State Pension.
"You pay National Insurance if you?re:
16 or over
an employee earning above ?155 a week
self-employed and making a profit of ?5,965 or more a year
You need a National Insurance number before you can start paying National Insurance contributions"
You need an NI number (which anyone traffiked or illegally in the country won't have, certainly not all pros fall in this category but I'd posit (entirely without evidence) a disproportionately high number do) and either you make payments if self employed, or you and your employer make payments if employed.
As organised sex work is illegal no employer contributions will be made so the pro would have to claim self employment, create a company, declare a profit over ?5965 for some fictitious legal activity... and keep that up for 30 years give or take; any extended gaps and you get a reduced pension...
And, assuming they can achieve this they would get.... ?119.30 (currently) a week.
The UK State pension is, like all UK state benefits, crumbling under the ever growing number of people claiming them sadly.
Australian sex industry laws are humane and enlightened compared to the horrific legal fudge we have. I suspect you may have copied the Dutch model which similarly mature and sensible.
The socialised medicine is true though! Not sure for how long but it is as of now!
