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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in access to employer-provided training on the basis of pregnancy?
Map reflects policies in place as of August 2016. Updates of these data are currently in progress.
The term “pregnancy” includes references to ‘pregnancy’ or ‘potential pregnancy.’ It does not include job protections that narrowly apply to leave-taking alone.
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 pregnancy. 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 pregnancy.
Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy
means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of pregnancy, 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, pregnancy-specific prohibition
means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit pregnancy-based prohibition of discrimination in employer-provided training, or b) extends a broad prohibition of pregnancy-based workplace discrimination alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in employer-provided training to all workers.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No prohibition
Thailand
- No prohibition
Mali
- No prohibition
Sweden
- No prohibition
Malaysia
- No prohibition
Malawi
- No prohibition
Madagascar
- No prohibition
Luxembourg
- No prohibition
Lithuania
- No prohibition
Libya
- No prohibition
Tajikistan
- No prohibition
Lesotho
- No prohibition
Lebanon
- No prohibition
Laos
- No prohibition
Kuwait
- No prohibition
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No prohibition
Timor-Leste
- No prohibition
Marshall Islands
- No prohibition
Kazakhstan
- No prohibition
Jordan
- No prohibition
Japan
- No prohibition
Jamaica
- No prohibition
Togo
- No prohibition
Tonga
- No prohibition
Trinidad and Tobago
- No prohibition
Iran
- No prohibition
Indonesia
- No prohibition
Solomon Islands
- No prohibition
Iceland
- No prohibition
Tunisia
- No prohibition
Haiti
- No prohibition
Turkey
- No prohibition
Eswatini
- No prohibition
Mauritania
- No prohibition
Turkmenistan
- No prohibition
Pakistan
- No prohibition
Sierra Leone
- No prohibition
- No prohibition
Somalia
- No prohibition
Senegal
- No prohibition
Saudi Arabia
- No prohibition
Sao Tome and Principe
- No prohibition
San Marino
- No prohibition
Qatar
- No prohibition
Poland
- No prohibition
The Philippines
- No prohibition
Paraguay
- No prohibition
Papua New Guinea
- No prohibition
Panama
- No prohibition
Palau
- No prohibition
Oman
- No prohibition
Suriname
- No prohibition
Myanmar
- No prohibition
Sudan
- No prohibition
Federated States of Micronesia
- No prohibition
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No prohibition
Monaco
- No prohibition
Morocco
- No prohibition
Mozambique
- No prohibition
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No prohibition
South Sudan
- No prohibition
Nauru
- No prohibition
Nepal
- No prohibition
Sri Lanka
- No prohibition
Nicaragua
- No prohibition
Niger
- No prohibition
Nigeria
- No prohibition
Guinea-Bissau
- No prohibition
India
- No prohibition
Guatemala
- No prohibition
Brazil
- No prohibition
Republic of the Congo
- No prohibition
Comoros
- No prohibition
Colombia
- No prohibition
China
- No prohibition
Chile
- No prohibition
Grenada
- No prohibition
Cabo Verde
- No prohibition
Canada
- No prohibition
Cameroon
- No prohibition
Cambodia
- No prohibition
Burundi
- No prohibition
Bulgaria
- No prohibition
Brunei
- No prohibition
Botswana
- No prohibition
Vanuatu
- No prohibition
Bolivia
- No prohibition
Yemen
- No prohibition
Benin
- No prohibition
Belarus
- No prohibition
Barbados
- No prohibition
Bangladesh
- No prohibition
Bahrain
- No prohibition
Bahamas
- No prohibition
Azerbaijan
- No prohibition
Austria
- No prohibition
Antigua and Barbuda
- No prohibition
Angola
- No prohibition
Algeria
- No prohibition
Cote d'Ivoire
- No prohibition
Chad
- No prohibition
Cuba
- No prohibition
Ecuador
- No prohibition
Greenland
- No prohibition
Greece
- No prohibition
Ghana
- No prohibition
Tuvalu
- No prohibition
The Gambia
- No prohibition
Gabon
- No prohibition
Uganda
- No prohibition
Ukraine
- No prohibition
United Arab Emirates
- No prohibition
Eritrea
- No prohibition
Equatorial Guinea
- No prohibition
Egypt
- No prohibition
Ethiopia
- No prohibition
Singapore
- No prohibition
Dominica
- No prohibition
Uruguay
- No prohibition
Djibouti
- No prohibition
Uzbekistan
- No prohibition
Dominican Republic
- No prohibition
Russian Federation
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Central African Republic
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Argentina
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Georgia
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Vietnam
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Portugal
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Andorra
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Latvia
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Peru
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Syria
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Iraq
- General prohibition of discrimination in training
Costa Rica
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Samoa
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Rwanda
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Honduras
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Armenia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Zambia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Mongolia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Belgium
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Belize
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Kyrgyzstan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
El Salvador
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Venezuela
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
South Africa
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
St. Lucia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Switzerland
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Spain
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
United Kingdom
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Tanzania
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
United States of America
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Liberia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Slovenia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Estonia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Hungary
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Guyana
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Guinea
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Germany
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
France
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Finland
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Fiji
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Denmark
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Israel
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Czech Republic
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Cyprus
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Croatia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Burkina Faso
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Bhutan
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Australia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Ireland
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Italy
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Slovakia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Moldova
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Serbia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Romania
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Norway
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
New Zealand
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
The Netherlands
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Namibia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Montenegro
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Mexico
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Kenya
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Mauritius
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Malta
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Maldives
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
North Macedonia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Liechtenstein
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Albania
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Republic of Korea
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Kiribati
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Zimbabwe
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
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