Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in hiring or recruitment on the basis of breastfeeding status?

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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in hiring or recruitment on the basis of breastfeeding status?

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

The term “breastfeeding status” includes references to ‘breastfeeding’ or ‘nursing.’ It does not include job protections that narrowly apply to breast-feeding breaks alone.

Hiring or recruitment includes explicit legislative prohibitions against discrimination during pre-employment, or the hiring or recruitment process.

No prohibition means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discrimination in hiring or recruitment on the basis of breastfeeding status. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.

General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment means that legislation prohibits discrimination in hiring or recruitment 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 breastfeeding status.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on breastfeeding status means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of breastfeeding status, but does not explicitly address discrimination in hiring nor recruitment on this basis. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Yes, prohibition based on breastfeeding status means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit breastfeeding status-based prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment, or b) extends a broad prohibition of breastfeeding status-based workplace discrimination alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

The Netherlands - No prohibition

Mongolia - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

Mozambique - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Namibia - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

New Zealand - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Mauritius - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Kyrgyzstan - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Venezuela - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Liechtenstein - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Lithuania - No prohibition

Luxembourg - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Malawi - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Malta - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Kenya - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

Tanzania - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Timor-Leste - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Turkey - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

Ukraine - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

United Kingdom - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Rwanda - No prohibition

Samoa - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Seychelles - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Spain - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

St. Lucia - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Kiribati - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Chile - No prohibition

Colombia - No prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Bulgaria - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Vietnam - No prohibition

Czech Republic - No prohibition

Denmark - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Andorra - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Argentina - No prohibition

Armenia - No prohibition

Zambia - No prohibition

Austria - No prohibition

Azerbaijan - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Belgium - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Greece - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Grenada - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Guyana - No prohibition

Honduras - No prohibition

Germany - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Ireland - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Fiji - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Georgia - No prohibition

Estonia - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

France - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

Finland - No prohibition

Libya - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Albania - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Kazakhstan - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Peru - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Serbia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Turkmenistan - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Iraq - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Italy - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Algeria - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Uzbekistan - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Hungary - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Syria - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Portugal - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Montenegro - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Mexico - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Cabo Verde - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Slovakia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Slovenia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

China - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

South Africa - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Burkina Faso - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Moldova - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Russian Federation - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Romania - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Bolivia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Costa Rica - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

North Macedonia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Latvia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on breastfeeding

Afghanistan - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Australia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition