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Does legislation explicitly guarantee equal pay on the basis of disability?
Map reflects policies in place as of May 2018.
The term ‘disability’ includes general references to disabilities (‘handicap’, ‘impaired’, or ‘special needs’), or specific mentions of mental, intellectual, sensory, or physical disabilities. For the purposes of this variable, the term “disability” captures all of these definitions.
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 based on disability
means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of disability, but does not explicitly address discrimination in pay on this basis. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work. It also includes cases where disability-based discrimination is prohibited in terms of employment.
Guarantees equal pay
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 this basis alongside a guarantee for equal remuneration or equal pay for equal work to all workers.
Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value
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.
Countries
Federated States of Micronesia
- No guarantee
Senegal
- No guarantee
Burundi
- No guarantee
Guinea-Bissau
- No guarantee
Tonga
- No guarantee
Greenland
- No guarantee
Singapore
- No guarantee
Solomon Islands
- No guarantee
Chad
- No guarantee
Sri Lanka
- No guarantee
Somalia
- No guarantee
Brunei
- No guarantee
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- No guarantee
Republic of the Congo
- No guarantee
El Salvador
- No guarantee
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No guarantee
Switzerland
- No guarantee
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No guarantee
Eswatini
- No guarantee
Tunisia
- No guarantee
Dominica
- No guarantee
Sudan
- No guarantee
Botswana
- No guarantee
Mozambique
- No guarantee
Mauritania
- No guarantee
Nauru
- No guarantee
Libya
- No guarantee
Argentina
- No guarantee
Vanuatu
- No guarantee
Kuwait
- No guarantee
Uruguay
- No guarantee
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No guarantee
Israel
- No guarantee
Barbados
- No guarantee
United Arab Emirates
- No guarantee
Belize
- No guarantee
Iran
- No guarantee
Bhutan
- No guarantee
Iceland
- No guarantee
Saudi Arabia
- No guarantee
Eritrea
- General guarantee of equal pay
Iraq
- General guarantee of equal pay
Equatorial Guinea
- General guarantee of equal pay
Honduras
- General guarantee of equal pay
Afghanistan
- General guarantee of equal pay
Comoros
- General guarantee of equal pay
Syria
- General guarantee of equal pay
Cabo Verde
- General guarantee of equal pay
Suriname
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Jordan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Nepal
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Ukraine
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
United Kingdom
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Samoa
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Sweden
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
The Netherlands
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Jamaica
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
New Zealand
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Qatar
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Nicaragua
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Vietnam
- 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
Azerbaijan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Nigeria
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Panama
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Palau
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Lebanon
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Australia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Pakistan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
India
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Turkey
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Tuvalu
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Oman
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
St. Lucia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Croatia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Colombia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Ethiopia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Yemen
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Finland
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Thailand
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Gabon
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Chile
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Togo
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Andorra
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Canada
- 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
Cambodia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Trinidad and Tobago
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Haiti
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Venezuela
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability
Myanmar
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Niger
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Namibia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Morocco
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
United States of America
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Norway
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Uzbekistan
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
The Philippines
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Romania
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Russian Federation
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Rwanda
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
San Marino
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Uganda
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Sierra Leone
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Slovakia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Mongolia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Tanzania
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Spain
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Liberia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Monaco
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Cuba
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Guinea
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Greece
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Ghana
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Germany
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Georgia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
France
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Estonia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Egypt
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Ecuador
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Dominican Republic
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Djibouti
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Czech Republic
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Cyprus
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Cote d'Ivoire
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Hungary
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Costa Rica
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
China
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Central African Republic
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Cameroon
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Burkina Faso
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Bulgaria
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Bolivia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Benin
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Belgium
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Belarus
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Austria
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Armenia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Guyana
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Zimbabwe
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
North Macedonia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Mexico
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Luxembourg
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Indonesia
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Liechtenstein
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Maldives
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Laos
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Kyrgyzstan
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Madagascar
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Republic of Korea
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Kazakhstan
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Japan
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Italy
- Guarantees equal pay based on disability
Malaysia
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Zambia
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Brazil
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Algeria
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Turkmenistan
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Montenegro
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Bahamas
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Mali
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Angola
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Malta
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Marshall Islands
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Antigua and Barbuda
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Mauritius
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Bangladesh
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Sao Tome and Principe
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Tajikistan
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Malawi
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
South Sudan
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Serbia
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Ireland
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Moldova
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Kenya
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Portugal
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
South Africa
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Fiji
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Timor-Leste
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Poland
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Peru
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Paraguay
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Denmark
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Latvia
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Albania
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Lithuania
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
Slovenia
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on disability
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