Legal framework in the canton of Bern

What is the Bern Sex Work Act (PGG)?

• The Bern Sex Work Act regulates where sex work is permitted.
• It regulates who is authorised to open an adult entertainment club.
• It also regulates the duties and obligations of those who run these clubs.
• The law states the situations in which managers may lose their operating licence.
• Small groups of sex workers (as a ‘micro-business’) and adult entertainment clubs must provide access to police, the municipal council and XENIA at all times.

• I want to work alone in the canton of Bern. What rules apply to me?
• I’d like to work in an adult entertainment club in the canton of Bern. What rules apply to me?
• I’d like to work together with a colleague in an apartment. What rules apply to us?

We’d be happy to advise you if you’d like to open a business or have a suitable property. The information provided in the FAQs is important for sex workers.

The website of the cantonal governors’ offices provides a large amount of useful information in German and French: Sex work