WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Does legislation explicitly prohibit discriminatory workplace harassment on the basis of foreign national origin?

The term “foreign national origin” includes references to ‘ancestry’, ‘citizenship or origin of parents’, ‘country or place of birth’, ‘homeland’, ‘national descent’, or ‘national origin’. For the purposes of this variable, the term “foreign national origin” captures all of these definitions.

Discriminatory harassment includes explicit legislative prohibitions against harassment at the workplace.

No prohibition means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discriminatory harassment on the basis of foreign national origin. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.

General prohibition of harassment means that legislation prohibits discriminatory harassment generally— for example, by prohibiting discrimination based on “any status” or stating no worker may be discriminated against. This general prohibition is not specifically extended on the basis of foreign national origin.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of foreign national origin broadly protects individuals from workplace discrimination on the basis of foreign national origin, but does not explicitly address workplace harassment. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition means that legislation either extends: a) an explicit prohibition of discriminatory harassment on the basis of foreign national origin, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of foreign national origin alongside a general prohibition of discriminatory harassment to all workers.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Austria - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Bulgaria - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Cyprus - No prohibition

Czech Republic - No prohibition

Germany - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Estonia - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Italy - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Kyrgyzstan - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Kazakhstan - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

St. Lucia - No prohibition

Liechtenstein - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Maldives - No prohibition

Malawi - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

The Netherlands - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Russian Federation - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Syria - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Turkmenistan - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Türkiye - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Uzbekistan - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Albania - General prohibition of harassment

Burundi - General prohibition of harassment

Democratic Republic of the Congo - General prohibition of harassment

Cabo Verde - General prohibition of harassment

Djibouti - General prohibition of harassment

Guinea - General prohibition of harassment

Equatorial Guinea - General prohibition of harassment

Guinea-Bissau - General prohibition of harassment

Iraq - General prohibition of harassment

Cambodia - General prohibition of harassment

Lithuania - General prohibition of harassment

Monaco - General prohibition of harassment

Mongolia - General prohibition of harassment

Malta - General prohibition of harassment

Panama - General prohibition of harassment

Poland - General prohibition of harassment

Romania - General prohibition of harassment

Seychelles - General prohibition of harassment

Singapore - General prohibition of harassment

San Marino - General prohibition of harassment

Timor-Leste - General prohibition of harassment

Venezuela - General prohibition of harassment

Vietnam - General prohibition of harassment

South Africa - General prohibition of harassment

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Burkina Faso - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Belarus - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Costa Rica - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Dominican Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Grenada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Guyana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Kiribati - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Republic of Korea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Liberia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Lesotho - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Morocco - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Mali - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Mauritania - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Namibia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Rwanda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Senegal - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Somalia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Eswatini - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Togo - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Tuvalu - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Uganda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Zambia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Andorra - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

United Arab Emirates - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Argentina - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Australia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Bolivia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Chile - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Colombia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Cuba - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Denmark - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Algeria - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Ecuador - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Finland - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Fiji - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

France - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Gabon - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Greece - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Honduras - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Kenya - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Comoros - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Luxembourg - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Latvia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Moldova - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Mauritius - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Mozambique - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Norway - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

New Zealand - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Peru - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Sweden - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Sierra Leone - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Suriname - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

El Salvador - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Tajikistan - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Ukraine - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

United States of America - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Samoa - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition

Zimbabwe - Yes, foreign national origin-specific prohibition