Rantburg: Brothels told to offer work experience

Brothels told to offer work experience

German brothels are to be ordered to offer work experience and trainee posts if they want to continue doing business.

According to a draft bill that has been agreed by the coalition government, all companies with more than 10 staff members must provide work experience and training places.

And brothels are no exception, says the German Ministry for Education, Training and Research.

A number of Green Party politicians have called for an exception to be made for the sex industry.

They say it would lead to bordello owners registering fewer girls as staff members in order to avoid the extra costs affiliated with providing training.

In turn prostitutes who are not officially employed would receive no health insurance.

But the Education Ministry rejected the Greens’ calls saying it would cause the lines between nightclubs and brothels to become blurred.

The Ministry added that because prostitution was not a profession as such, the trainee and work experience posts offered by brothels should be for people working alongside the prostitutes as waiters and waitresses, book-keepers or sales and marketing staff.

WTF with a capital W…

(via Rantburg)

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  • http://www.fringeblog.com/ Jeremiah

    Given the content of the article, doncha mean a capital F?

  • http://www.insingificantthoughts.com Vinny

    :-P

  • Kevin

    do they have any quality conrol openings, err positions, ahh spots, mmm jobs?

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    Hey Kevin, I don’t think your wife would like that idea much…

  • http://stageleft.crow.ws stageleft

    As much of a sacrifice as it would be, I, your humble guest, am willing to take on a trainer position with as many of these fine establishments as may require my services – - did I mention I would do it as a volunteer purely out of the goodness of my heart and concern for my fellow man?

    No, I mean it, no burden is to great….. the very thought of improperly trained European hookers possibly ruining the first sexual experiences of some poor German youth – or Gods forbid a tourist !! – is more than I can stand.

    Pick me I say !! PICK ME !!

  • Kevin

    Vinny, my wife (lovely creature that she is) probably would not like the idea very much, however a man can dream can’t he?
    In this dream like job, I would venture to say that working along side Stageleft would be pleasurable(this may be the first thing we have agreed on yet), I could see us putting aside our political idealoligy for the greater good. As I’m sure you are aware, training and quality control are very important in the service industry. Stage and I are just offering to do our part in keeping the worlds oldest profession up to par. This is being offered at great personal sacrifice (I went too far here, didn’t I?), but a man’s got to do what a man’s go to do.

  • balbulican

    Put that way, Kevin, I feel bad now about shirking what is clearly a moral responsibility and an ethical duty.

  • http://www.fringeblog.com/ Jeremiah

    Given the content of the article, doncha mean a capital F?

  • http://www.insingificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    :-P

  • Kevin

    do they have any quality conrol openings, err positions, ahh spots, mmm jobs?

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    Hey Kevin, I don’t think your wife would like that idea much…

  • http://stageleft.crow.ws/ stageleft

    As much of a sacrifice as it would be, I, your humble guest, am willing to take on a trainer position with as many of these fine establishments as may require my services – - did I mention I would do it as a volunteer purely out of the goodness of my heart and concern for my fellow man?

    No, I mean it, no burden is to great….. the very thought of improperly trained European hookers possibly ruining the first sexual experiences of some poor German youth – or Gods forbid a tourist !! – is more than I can stand.

    Pick me I say !! PICK ME !!

  • Kevin

    Vinny, my wife (lovely creature that she is) probably would not like the idea very much, however a man can dream can’t he?
    In this dream like job, I would venture to say that working along side Stageleft would be pleasurable(this may be the first thing we have agreed on yet), I could see us putting aside our political idealoligy for the greater good. As I’m sure you are aware, training and quality control are very important in the service industry. Stage and I are just offering to do our part in keeping the worlds oldest profession up to par. This is being offered at great personal sacrifice (I went too far here, didn’t I?), but a man’s got to do what a man’s go to do.

  • balbulican

    Put that way, Kevin, I feel bad now about shirking what is clearly a moral responsibility and an ethical duty.