Does legislation explicitly guarantee equal pay on the basis of marital status?

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Does legislation explicitly guarantee equal pay on the basis of marital status?

Map reflects policies in place as of August 2016. Updates of these data are currently in progress.

The term “marital status” includes references to ‘civil status’, ‘married’, ‘relationship status’, ‘personal status,” or whether employees have a husband or wife. For the purposes of this variable, the term “marital status” captures all of these definitions, but does not include cases where protections based on marital status are only extended to women.

No guarantee means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discrimination in pay on the basis of marital status. 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 marital status.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of marital status, 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 marital status-based discrimination is prohibited in terms of employment.

Guarantees equal pay based on marital status means that legislation either a) extends an explicit guarantee to equal remuneration or equal pay for equal work on the basis of marital status, 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 within the same legislation.

Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status 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 marital status, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of marital status alongside a general guarantee to equal pay for work of equal value to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Zimbabwe - No guarantee

Qatar - No guarantee

Indonesia - No guarantee

India - No guarantee

Iceland - No guarantee

The Philippines - No guarantee

Honduras - No guarantee

Haiti - No guarantee

Poland - No guarantee

Guinea-Bissau - No guarantee

Guinea - No guarantee

Guatemala - No guarantee

Greenland - No guarantee

Peru - No guarantee

San Marino - No guarantee

Germany - No guarantee

Saudi Arabia - No guarantee

The Gambia - No guarantee

Gabon - No guarantee

France - No guarantee

Finland - No guarantee

Senegal - No guarantee

Ethiopia - No guarantee

Estonia - No guarantee

Iran - No guarantee

Paraguay - No guarantee

Sierra Leone - No guarantee

Niger - No guarantee

Mauritania - No guarantee

Malaysia - No guarantee

Micronesia, Federated States of - No guarantee

Madagascar - No guarantee

Monaco - No guarantee

Myanmar - No guarantee

Nauru - No guarantee

Libya - No guarantee

Nepal - No guarantee

Lebanon - No guarantee

Laos - No guarantee

Papua New Guinea - No guarantee

Nigeria - No guarantee

Kuwait - No guarantee

Norway - No guarantee

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No guarantee

Oman - No guarantee

Pakistan - No guarantee

Palau - No guarantee

Jordan - No guarantee

Japan - No guarantee

Jamaica - No guarantee

Marshall Islands - No guarantee

Seychelles - No guarantee

Singapore - No guarantee

Barbados - No guarantee

Egypt - No guarantee

Brunei - No guarantee

Brazil - No guarantee

Botswana - No guarantee

Bolivia - No guarantee

Tuvalu - No guarantee

Benin - No guarantee

Belize - No guarantee

Uganda - No guarantee

Belarus - No guarantee

Bangladesh - No guarantee

Burundi - No guarantee

Bahrain - No guarantee

Ukraine - No guarantee

United Arab Emirates - No guarantee

United States of America - No guarantee

Uruguay - No guarantee

Argentina - No guarantee

Antigua and Barbuda - No guarantee

Vanuatu - No guarantee

Yemen - No guarantee

Zambia - No guarantee

Burkina Faso - No guarantee

Tunisia - No guarantee

Cambodia - No guarantee

Republic of the Congo - No guarantee

Solomon Islands - No guarantee

Dominica - No guarantee

Djibouti - No guarantee

Somalia - No guarantee

South Sudan - No guarantee

Sri Lanka - No guarantee

St. Kitts and Nevis - No guarantee

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No guarantee

Cote d'Ivoire - No guarantee

Cameroon - No guarantee

Sudan - No guarantee

Suriname - No guarantee

Thailand - No guarantee

Tonga - No guarantee

Togo - No guarantee

Central African Republic - No guarantee

Chad - No guarantee

Sweden - No guarantee

Colombia - No guarantee

Mali - No guarantee

Nicaragua - General guarantee of equal pay

Turkmenistan - General guarantee of equal pay

Russian Federation - General guarantee of equal pay

Uzbekistan - General guarantee of equal pay

Tajikistan - General guarantee of equal pay

Moldova - General guarantee of equal pay

Panama - General guarantee of equal pay

Slovenia - General guarantee of equal pay

Afghanistan - General guarantee of equal pay

Equatorial Guinea - General guarantee of equal pay

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General guarantee of equal pay

Dominican Republic - General guarantee of equal pay

Ecuador - General guarantee of equal pay

Comoros - General guarantee of equal pay

Eritrea - General guarantee of equal pay

China - General guarantee of equal pay

Ghana - General guarantee of equal pay

Cabo Verde - General guarantee of equal pay

Hungary - General guarantee of equal pay

Iraq - General guarantee of equal pay

Kazakhstan - General guarantee of equal pay

Kenya - General guarantee of equal pay

Cuba - General guarantee of equal pay

Andorra - General guarantee of equal pay

Canada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

North Macedonia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Chile - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Georgia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

El Salvador - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Venezuela - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Timor-Leste - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Eswatini - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Vietnam - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Denmark - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Czech Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cyprus - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

The Netherlands - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Greece - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Grenada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Australia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

New Zealand - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Lesotho - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Turkey - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Republic of Korea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Kiribati - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Lithuania - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Trinidad and Tobago - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Israel - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

St. Lucia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Mozambique - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

United Kingdom - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Guyana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Switzerland - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Tanzania - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Bulgaria - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Costa Rica - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Belgium - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Liberia - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Latvia - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Liechtenstein - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Morocco - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Spain - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Kyrgyzstan - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Italy - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Portugal - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Rwanda - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Luxembourg - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Mexico - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Maldives - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Namibia - Guarantees equal pay for equal work based on marital status

Angola - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Montenegro - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Malawi - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Austria - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Mauritius - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Algeria - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Croatia - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Bahamas - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Bhutan - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Albania - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Ireland - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Romania - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Sao Tome and Principe - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Fiji - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Syria - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Serbia - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Slovakia - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

South Africa - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status

Malta - Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on marital status