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

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

Map reflects policies in place as of May 2018.

The term ‘disability’ refers to general references to disabilities, specific mentions of mental, intellectual, sensory, or physical disabilities.

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 disability. 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 disability.

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

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

Countries

Somalia - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Kyrgyzstan - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Argentina - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Afghanistan - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Cabo Verde - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Libya - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Iraq - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Russian Federation - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Nepal - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Mali - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Nigeria - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Oman - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Madagascar - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

India - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Paraguay - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Indonesia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Lebanon - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Peru - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Qatar - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Japan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Jamaica - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Sao Tome and Principe - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Finland - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Cuba - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Tajikistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Andorra - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Yemen - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Chile - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Eritrea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Thailand - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Czech Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Colombia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Bahrain - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Uganda - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Ukraine - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Panama - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Palau - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

United States of America - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Uzbekistan - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Norway - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Turkey - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Venezuela - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Vietnam - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Niger - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Nicaragua - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

New Zealand - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

The Netherlands - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Zambia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Namibia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Turkmenistan - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Poland - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Tunisia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Sweden - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Mozambique - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Sierra Leone - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Seychelles - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Senegal - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Sri Lanka - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

St. Lucia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Syria - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

The Philippines - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Samoa - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Rwanda - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Romania - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Timor-Leste - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Togo - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Myanmar - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Morocco - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Central African Republic - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

China - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Costa Rica - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Denmark - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Cameroon - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Djibouti - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Dominican Republic - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Ecuador - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Egypt - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Ethiopia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Fiji - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Canada - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Cambodia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Gabon - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Bahamas - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Algeria - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Angola - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Armenia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Australia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Austria - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Azerbaijan - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Bangladesh - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Burkina Faso - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Belarus - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Benin - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Bolivia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Brazil - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

France - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Maldives - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Liechtenstein - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Lithuania - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Luxembourg - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Malawi - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Malaysia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Malta - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Latvia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Marshall Islands - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Mauritania - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Mauritius - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Moldova - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Monaco - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Mongolia - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Albania - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Laos - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Germany - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Honduras - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Ghana - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Greece - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Grenada - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Guatemala - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Guinea - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Guyana - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Haiti - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Republic of Korea - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Israel - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Italy - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Jordan - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Kazakhstan - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Kenya - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Kiribati - Yes, disability-specific prohibition

Zimbabwe - Yes, disability-specific prohibition