WORLD Policy Analysis Center

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

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

Equal pay refers to guarantees of ‘equal remuneration,’ ‘equal pay for equal work,’ and ‘equal pay for work of equal value.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of motherhood but does not explicitly guarantee equal pay. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace using gender-neutral references to caregiving (‘parenthood’, ‘having children’, ‘single parents’, workers with ‘family responsibilities’), but does not explicitly address equal pay. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of workplace.

Guarantees equal pay for mothers only means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit guarantee to equal pay on the basis of motherhood, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of motherhood alongside a general guarantee to equal pay to all workers.

Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers means that legislation guarantees equal pay on the basis of both motherhood and fatherhood by either: a) extending an explicit guarantee to equal pay on the basis of motherhood and/or fatherhood, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of motherhood and/or fatherhood alongside a general guarantee to equal pay to all workers.

Countries

Afghanistan - No guarantee

Norway - No guarantee

Mozambique - No guarantee

Myanmar - No guarantee

Nauru - No guarantee

Nepal - No guarantee

Niger - No guarantee

Nigeria - No guarantee

Oman - No guarantee

Monaco - No guarantee

Pakistan - No guarantee

Palau - No guarantee

Panama - No guarantee

Papua New Guinea - No guarantee

Paraguay - No guarantee

Peru - No guarantee

The Philippines - No guarantee

Morocco - No guarantee

Federated States of Micronesia - No guarantee

Qatar - No guarantee

Kuwait - No guarantee

Jamaica - No guarantee

Japan - No guarantee

Jordan - No guarantee

Kazakhstan - No guarantee

Kenya - No guarantee

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No guarantee

Republic of Korea - No guarantee

Laos - No guarantee

Mauritania - No guarantee

Lebanon - No guarantee

Lesotho - No guarantee

Libya - No guarantee

Madagascar - No guarantee

Malaysia - No guarantee

Mali - No guarantee

Marshall Islands - No guarantee

Poland - No guarantee

San Marino - No guarantee

Iraq - No guarantee

United Arab Emirates - No guarantee

Trinidad and Tobago - No guarantee

Tunisia - No guarantee

Turkey - No guarantee

Turkmenistan - No guarantee

Tuvalu - No guarantee

Uganda - No guarantee

United States of America - No guarantee

Togo - No guarantee

Uruguay - No guarantee

Uzbekistan - No guarantee

Vanuatu - No guarantee

Venezuela - No guarantee

Vietnam - No guarantee

Yemen - No guarantee

Zambia - No guarantee

Tonga - No guarantee

Timor-Leste - No guarantee

Saudi Arabia - No guarantee

Sri Lanka - No guarantee

Senegal - No guarantee

- No guarantee

Sierra Leone - No guarantee

Singapore - No guarantee

Solomon Islands - No guarantee

Somalia - No guarantee

South Sudan - No guarantee

St. Kitts and Nevis - No guarantee

Thailand - No guarantee

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No guarantee

Sudan - No guarantee

Suriname - No guarantee

Eswatini - No guarantee

Sweden - No guarantee

Syria - No guarantee

Tajikistan - No guarantee

Israel - No guarantee

Zimbabwe - No guarantee

Iran - No guarantee

Indonesia - No guarantee

Benin - No guarantee

Bhutan - No guarantee

Ethiopia - No guarantee

Eritrea - No guarantee

Equatorial Guinea - No guarantee

El Salvador - No guarantee

Egypt - No guarantee

Ecuador - No guarantee

Dominican Republic - No guarantee

Dominica - No guarantee

Djibouti - No guarantee

Botswana - No guarantee

Cuba - No guarantee

Cote d'Ivoire - No guarantee

Barbados - No guarantee

Costa Rica - No guarantee

Republic of the Congo - No guarantee

Brunei - No guarantee

Burkina Faso - No guarantee

Burundi - No guarantee

Comoros - No guarantee

Colombia - No guarantee

Cambodia - No guarantee

China - No guarantee

Chile - No guarantee

Chad - No guarantee

Cameroon - No guarantee

Central African Republic - No guarantee

Belarus - No guarantee

Bolivia - No guarantee

Gabon - No guarantee

Azerbaijan - No guarantee

Algeria - No guarantee

India - No guarantee

Andorra - No guarantee

Iceland - No guarantee

Angola - No guarantee

Honduras - No guarantee

Haiti - No guarantee

Antigua and Barbuda - No guarantee

Guinea - No guarantee

Greenland - No guarantee

Ghana - No guarantee

Cabo Verde - No guarantee

Bangladesh - No guarantee

Georgia - No guarantee

Bahamas - No guarantee

Bahrain - No guarantee

Guatemala - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

United Kingdom - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

Canada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

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

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

Argentina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

Grenada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

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

Cyprus - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

Malta - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

Australia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

Belize - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

Ukraine - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

Guyana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status

The Gambia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers only

Belgium - Guarantees equal pay for mothers only

The Netherlands - Guarantees equal pay for mothers only

Germany - Guarantees equal pay for mothers only

Guinea-Bissau - Guarantees equal pay for mothers only

Nicaragua - Guarantees equal pay for mothers only

Tanzania - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Bulgaria - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Brazil - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Armenia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Austria - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Spain - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Switzerland - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Croatia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

South Africa - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Albania - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Maldives - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Malawi - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

North Macedonia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Luxembourg - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Lithuania - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Liechtenstein - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Greece - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Mauritius - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Latvia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Kyrgyzstan - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Kiribati - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Hungary - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Italy - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Ireland - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

France - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Mexico - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Slovenia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Romania - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Slovakia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Serbia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Sao Tome and Principe - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Rwanda - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Russian Federation - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Portugal - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Finland - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Czech Republic - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Denmark - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Namibia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Estonia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Montenegro - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Fiji - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Moldova - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers

Liberia - Guarantees equal pay for mothers and fathers