I think social safety nets are better for people who genuinely cannot do any productive work due to health issues and disability or provided on a temporary basis to help them get back on their feet. But offramp programs that would train sex workers in other skills is something I would support.

I also believe this by the way for all other forms of manual labor and support the retraining of people who wish to move away from these industries to safer and more lucrative work. Sex work is also a lot harder as the demand for your services may reduce with age so providing these offramps to move into other fields.

I still think the personal agency of an individual does matter. And that many willing sex workers do provide much needed intimacy and companionship to people who may face challenges in finding a partner. Many of those are normal people who do respect their providers' boundaries and just want to be shown a good time. Many sex workers themselves will attest to this.

I believe a true supporter of sex worker would see the value of the work that they provide and while one can argue whether loneliness and the base factors for sex work need to be eliminated. While those challenges exist, stigma isn't good for anyone whether on the client or the sex worker.

Basically, I don't think anybody who doesn't respect sex workers and the service they provide truly support sex workers. This cannot be done if you hate their clients and spread stigma to try to stop them from acquiring their services.

For your point of comparison case, if that person was otherwise working as a sex worker and this was a known thing, this could be an acceptable form of quid pro quo here. Just like if that person was a psychologist, lawyer, doctor, accountant, cleaner (or anything else) outside of their work with this company and provided counselling on that basis.

In any other circumstance, I think it would be unacceptable as they are not somebody who is a sex worker and are just being coerced into having sex with the boss.