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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in access to employer-provided training on the basis of migrant status?

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.

Employer-provided training refers to vocational training or retraining opportunities provided by an employer.

No prohibition means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discrimination in employer-provided training on the basis of migrant status. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.

General prohibition of discrimination in training means that legislation prohibits discrimination in employer-provided training 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 employer-provided training on this basis. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit migrant status-based prohibition of discrimination in employer-provided training, or b) extends a broad prohibition of migrant status-based workplace discrimination alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in employer-provided training to all workers.

Countries

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Austria - No prohibition

Australia - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Bolivia - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Costa Rica - No prohibition

Denmark - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

Algeria - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Fiji - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

France - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

Grenada - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Greece - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

Guyana - No prohibition

Honduras - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Kiribati - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

St. Lucia - No prohibition

Liechtenstein - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

Luxembourg - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Mauritius - No prohibition

Maldives - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Rwanda - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Seychelles - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Türkiye - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Ukraine - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Samoa - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Burkina Faso - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Cuba - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Croatia - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Latvia - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Peru - General prohibition of discrimination in training

South Africa - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Belgium - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Burundi - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Belize - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Chile - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Colombia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Cabo Verde - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Germany - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Eritrea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Ethiopia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Guinea-Bissau - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Italy - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Kazakhstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Mozambique - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Namibia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Nicaragua - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Paraguay - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Tajikistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Turkmenistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Uzbekistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Venezuela - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Andorra - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Albania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Argentina - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Central African Republic - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Czech Republic - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Djibouti - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Finland - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Israel - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Iraq - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Kenya - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Lithuania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Moldova - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Mauritania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Malta - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Malawi - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

The Netherlands - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

New Zealand - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Poland - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Romania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Russian Federation - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Syria - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Chad - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Vietnam - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Zambia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition