The sex industry is the industry formed of commercial enterprises which employ sex workers. What they offer is called adult entertainment, as it comprises a number of forms of entertainment not considered suitable for children.
The sex industry represents a large portion of the world's economy, and has been credited with driving technological advances in popular media, such as the home video and live streaming video on the internet. The vast majority of the sex industry provides for heterosexual men, with homosexual men being the second largest consumers. In many countries, the sex industry operates in a grey area between legality and illegality. Advocates of the sex industry argue that it educates people about sexuality and sexual health and that it sells a product in high demand. They argue that driving the industry underground creates or worsens problems with the industry. Opponents of the industry argue that it is exploitative (particularly of young women), that it is morally damaging to society, and that cheapens sex and encourages sexual objectification of women.
Workers in this industry need to know there are laws written to protect them from injury and illness on the job, and where to go for help if their employer doesn't follow those laws.
Employers in the adult film industry must know how to protect their employees from health and safety hazards and understand the consequences of failing to comply with state regulations.
Currently, some workers in the adult film industry are paid as employees (they get a paycheck with taxes and other deductions) and some are paid as independent contractors (they get a 1099 at the end of the year).
The adult entertainment restrictions in the bill include prohibiting customers or employees younger than 21 at strip clubs; banning full nudity; and requiring seminude employees to remain at least 10 feet from customers and behind a 2-foot-high railing.
The industry is basically challenging the law on two fronts: that it violates free-speech and expression rights under the First Amendment and that it violates state constitutional requirements that bills relate to one subject and remain tied to their original purpose.
Industry attorneys said there also is no good reason to bar people younger than 21 from working in or patronizing strip clubs.
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