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

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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 within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Timor-Leste - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Kazakhstan - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Lithuania - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Turkey - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Turkmenistan - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Luxembourg - No prohibition

Grenada - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

The Netherlands - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Mozambique - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Peru - No prohibition

Mauritius - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Malawi - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

Cabo Verde - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Bulgaria - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Bolivia - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Azerbaijan - No prohibition

Austria - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

Armenia - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

Algeria - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Chile - No prohibition

Russian Federation - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

Georgia - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

Ukraine - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Uzbekistan - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Costa Rica - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Seychelles - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Colombia - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Portugal - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Iraq - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Moldova - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Syria - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Andorra - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Latvia - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Vietnam - General prohibition of discrimination in training

Argentina - General prohibition of discrimination in training

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

Venezuela - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Zambia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Denmark - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

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

Rwanda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Greece - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Honduras - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Switzerland - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

United States of America - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

St. Lucia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Guyana - 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

Czech Republic - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Italy - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Burkina Faso - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Bhutan - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Australia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Kenya - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Slovakia - 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

Namibia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Mongolia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Kiribati - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Malta - 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

Zimbabwe - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition