Does legislation explicitly guarantee equal pay on the basis of disability?

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Does legislation explicitly guarantee equal pay on the basis of disability?

Map reflects policies in place as of May 2018.

No guarantee means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discrimination in pay on the basis of disability. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.

General guarantee of equal pay means that legislation guarantees equal remuneration, equal pay for equal work, or equal pay for work of equal value 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 disability.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of disability broadly protects individuals from discrimination based on disability in the workplace, but does not explicitly address equality in pay. It also includes cases where disability-based discrimination is prohibited in terms of employment.

Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities means that legislation either a) extends an explicit guarantee to equal remuneration or equal pay for equal work on the basis of disability, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of disability alongside a guarantee for equal remuneration or equal pay for equal work to all workers within the same legislation.

Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities indicates a guarantee that types of work that require similar skill levels and are similarly productive are paid the same. In these cases, legislation either: a) extends an explicit guarantee to equal pay for work of equal value on the basis of disability, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of disability alongside a general guarantee to equal pay for work of equal value to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Mozambique - No guarantee

Sri Lanka - No guarantee

Burundi - No guarantee

Iceland - No guarantee

Somalia - No guarantee

Honduras - No guarantee

South Sudan - No guarantee

Tunisia - No guarantee

Chad - No guarantee

Guinea-Bissau - No guarantee

Greenland - No guarantee

St. Kitts and Nevis - No guarantee

Switzerland - No guarantee

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No guarantee

Republic of the Congo - No guarantee

Tonga - No guarantee

The Gambia - No guarantee

Nauru - No guarantee

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No guarantee

Sudan - No guarantee

Suriname - No guarantee

Eswatini - No guarantee

Dominica - No guarantee

Tuvalu - No guarantee

Solomon Islands - No guarantee

Brunei - No guarantee

Vanuatu - No guarantee

Mongolia - No guarantee

Micronesia, Federated States of - No guarantee

Mauritania - No guarantee

Antigua and Barbuda - No guarantee

Argentina - No guarantee

Papua New Guinea - No guarantee

Libya - No guarantee

Lesotho - No guarantee

Kuwait - No guarantee

Saudi Arabia - No guarantee

Iran - No guarantee

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No guarantee

Barbados - No guarantee

Uruguay - No guarantee

Senegal - No guarantee

Belize - No guarantee

Singapore - No guarantee

Bhutan - No guarantee

United Arab Emirates - No guarantee

Botswana - No guarantee

El Salvador - No guarantee

Iraq - General guarantee of equal pay

Equatorial Guinea - General guarantee of equal pay

Afghanistan - General guarantee of equal pay

Cabo Verde - General guarantee of equal pay

Angola - General guarantee of equal pay

Comoros - General guarantee of equal pay

Sweden - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Yemen - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Japan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Kiribati - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Bahrain - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Venezuela - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Lebanon - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Vietnam - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Australia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Qatar - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Palau - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Panama - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

United Kingdom - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Pakistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Oman - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Nigeria - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Mauritius - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Andorra - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Nicaragua - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

New Zealand - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Algeria - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

The Netherlands - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Nepal - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Jamaica - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Jordan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Gabon - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Djibouti - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Tajikistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Ethiopia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Thailand - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Finland - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Timor-Leste - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Croatia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Togo - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Georgia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

St. Lucia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Colombia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Trinidad and Tobago - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Grenada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Guatemala - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Chile - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

India - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Ukraine - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Haiti - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Canada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Turkey - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Cambodia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Sierra Leone - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Tanzania - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Uganda - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Syria - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Seychelles - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Niger - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

United States of America - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Norway - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Uzbekistan - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Russian Federation - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

San Marino - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Rwanda - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

The Philippines - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Portugal - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Romania - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Spain - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Slovenia - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Liberia - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Namibia - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Cyprus - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Myanmar - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Guyana - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Guinea - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Greece - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Ghana - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Germany - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

France - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Estonia - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Eritrea - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Egypt - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Ecuador - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Dominican Republic - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Czech Republic - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Cuba - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Indonesia - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Cote d'Ivoire - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Costa Rica - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

China - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Central African Republic - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Cameroon - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Burkina Faso - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Bulgaria - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Bolivia - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Benin - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Belgium - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Belarus - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Azerbaijan - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Austria - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Armenia - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Hungary - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Zimbabwe - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Latvia - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Mexico - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

North Macedonia - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Liechtenstein - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Maldives - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Laos - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Monaco - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Kyrgyzstan - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Madagascar - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Republic of Korea - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Morocco - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Kazakhstan - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Italy - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Israel - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Luxembourg - Guarantees equal pay to persons with disabilities

Brazil - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Malta - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Marshall Islands - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Ireland - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Moldova - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Bangladesh - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Bahamas - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Montenegro - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Zambia - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Mali - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Peru - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Turkmenistan - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Malaysia - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Malawi - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Paraguay - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Slovakia - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Poland - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Denmark - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Lithuania - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Albania - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Fiji - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Sao Tome and Principe - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Kenya - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

Serbia - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities

South Africa - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value to persons with disabilities