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Does legislation explicitly guarantee equal pay on the basis of migrant status?
Map reflects policies in place as of August 2016. Updates of these data are currently in progress.
The term “migrant status” includes references to ‘internal migrants’, ‘foreign migrant workers’, ‘immigrant status’, ‘foreign citizens’, and ‘economic migrants.’ For the purposes of this variable, the term “migrant status” 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 migrant 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 migrant status.
Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of migrant 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 migrant status-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 migrant 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.
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 migrant status, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of migrant status alongside a general guarantee to equal pay for work of equal value to all workers.
Countries
Zimbabwe
- No guarantee
Grenada
- No guarantee
Palau
- No guarantee
Indonesia
- No guarantee
India
- No guarantee
Iceland
- No guarantee
Papua New Guinea
- No guarantee
Haiti
- No guarantee
Guyana
- No guarantee
The Philippines
- No guarantee
Guinea
- No guarantee
Guatemala
- No guarantee
Greenland
- No guarantee
Israel
- No guarantee
Greece
- No guarantee
Qatar
- No guarantee
Samoa
- No guarantee
The Gambia
- No guarantee
San Marino
- No guarantee
France
- No guarantee
Fiji
- No guarantee
Saudi Arabia
- No guarantee
Senegal
- No guarantee
Marshall Islands
- No guarantee
Pakistan
- No guarantee
Oman
- No guarantee
Solomon Islands
- No guarantee
Lebanon
- No guarantee
Maldives
- No guarantee
Malaysia
- No guarantee
Mauritania
- No guarantee
Madagascar
- No guarantee
Luxembourg
- No guarantee
Federated States of Micronesia
- No guarantee
Liechtenstein
- No guarantee
Libya
- No guarantee
Monaco
- No guarantee
Lesotho
- No guarantee
Morocco
- No guarantee
Jamaica
- No guarantee
Myanmar
- No guarantee
Nauru
- No guarantee
Kuwait
- No guarantee
Nepal
- No guarantee
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No guarantee
Kiribati
- No guarantee
Niger
- No guarantee
Nigeria
- No guarantee
Jordan
- No guarantee
Norway
- No guarantee
Singapore
- No guarantee
Sierra Leone
- No guarantee
Egypt
- No guarantee
Barbados
- No guarantee
Brunei
- No guarantee
Trinidad and Tobago
- No guarantee
Botswana
- No guarantee
Tunisia
- No guarantee
Turkey
- No guarantee
Bhutan
- No guarantee
Benin
- No guarantee
Tuvalu
- No guarantee
Uganda
- No guarantee
Belarus
- No guarantee
Bangladesh
- No guarantee
Burkina Faso
- No guarantee
Bahrain
- No guarantee
Bahamas
- No guarantee
United Arab Emirates
- No guarantee
Austria
- No guarantee
Australia
- No guarantee
United States of America
- No guarantee
Uruguay
- No guarantee
Antigua and Barbuda
- No guarantee
Vanuatu
- No guarantee
Vietnam
- No guarantee
Zambia
- No guarantee
Tonga
- No guarantee
Burundi
- No guarantee
Cambodia
- No guarantee
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- No guarantee
South Sudan
- No guarantee
Dominica
- No guarantee
Spain
- No guarantee
Denmark
- No guarantee
Sri Lanka
- No guarantee
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No guarantee
St. Lucia
- No guarantee
Croatia
- No guarantee
Cote d'Ivoire
- No guarantee
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No guarantee
Republic of the Congo
- No guarantee
Sudan
- No guarantee
Suriname
- No guarantee
Eswatini
- No guarantee
Sweden
- No guarantee
Switzerland
- No guarantee
Thailand
- No guarantee
Togo
- No guarantee
Canada
- No guarantee
Cameroon
- No guarantee
Mali
- No guarantee
South Africa
- General guarantee of equal pay
Rwanda
- General guarantee of equal pay
Peru
- General guarantee of equal pay
Sao Tome and Principe
- General guarantee of equal pay
Mauritius
- General guarantee of equal pay
Panama
- General guarantee of equal pay
Afghanistan
- General guarantee of equal pay
Dominican Republic
- General guarantee of equal pay
Andorra
- General guarantee of equal pay
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- General guarantee of equal pay
Ghana
- General guarantee of equal pay
Ecuador
- General guarantee of equal pay
Latvia
- General guarantee of equal pay
China
- General guarantee of equal pay
Comoros
- General guarantee of equal pay
Albania
- General guarantee of equal pay
Costa Rica
- General guarantee of equal pay
Equatorial Guinea
- General guarantee of equal pay
Algeria
- General guarantee of equal pay
Cuba
- General guarantee of equal pay
Chile
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Ethiopia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Finland
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Gabon
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Germany
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Cabo Verde
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Guinea-Bissau
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Belize
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Ukraine
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
United Kingdom
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Nicaragua
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Mozambique
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Republic of Korea
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Mongolia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
The Netherlands
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
New Zealand
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Lithuania
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Venezuela
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
North Macedonia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Argentina
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Armenia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Italy
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Namibia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Yemen
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Cyprus
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Djibouti
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Tanzania
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Angola
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Azerbaijan
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Central African Republic
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Bulgaria
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Uzbekistan
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Bolivia
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Belgium
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Malta
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Eritrea
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Liberia
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Hungary
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Iran
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
El Salvador
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Iraq
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Romania
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Japan
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Georgia
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Kazakhstan
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Kyrgyzstan
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Estonia
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Laos
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Slovakia
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Slovenia
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Mexico
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Honduras
- Guarantees equal pay based on migrant status
Kenya
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Montenegro
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Ireland
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Moldova
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Somalia
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Paraguay
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Turkmenistan
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Poland
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Portugal
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Timor-Leste
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Russian Federation
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Tajikistan
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Syria
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Chad
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Serbia
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Colombia
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Malawi
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Czech Republic
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
Brazil
- Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on migrant status
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