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