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

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

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

The term “marital status” includes references to ‘civil status’, ‘married’, ‘relationship status’, ‘personal status,” or whether employees have a husband or wife. For the purposes of this variable, the term “marital status” captures all of these definitions, but does not include cases where protections based on marital status are only extended to women.

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 marital 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 marital status.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of marital 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 marital status means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit marital status-based prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment, or b) extends a broad prohibition of marital 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

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Honduras - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

Seychelles - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Germany - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

France - No prohibition

Finland - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

Kenya - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Estonia - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

Ukraine - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Argentina - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Andorra - No prohibition

Zambia - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Colombia - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Turkmenistan - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Slovenia - 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

Uzbekistan - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Afghanistan - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Iraq - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

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

Hungary - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Libya - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Kazakhstan - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

China - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Burkina Faso - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Cabo Verde - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Denmark - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Eswatini - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

North Macedonia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Rwanda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Mozambique - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Vietnam - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Angola - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

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

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Switzerland - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Chile - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Costa Rica - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

St. Lucia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Syria - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Algeria - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Venezuela - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Australia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Austria - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Bahamas - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Bhutan - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Canada - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Bolivia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Turkey - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Brazil - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Timor-Leste - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Czech Republic - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Luxembourg - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Lesotho - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Albania - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Liechtenstein - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Lithuania - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

New Zealand - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

The Netherlands - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Namibia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Laos - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Malawi - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Morocco - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Mongolia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Maldives - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Malta - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Latvia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Republic of Korea - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Guyana - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Fiji - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Mauritius - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Greece - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Grenada - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

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

Kiribati - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Samoa - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Romania - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Israel - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Italy - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Peru - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition