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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in hiring or recruitment 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.
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 pregnancy. 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 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 hiring nor recruitment on this basis. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.
Yes, pregnancy-based prohibition
means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit pregnancy-based prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment, or b) extends a broad prohibition of pregnancy-based workplace discrimination alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment to all workers.
Countries
Qatar
- No prohibition
Jordan
- No prohibition
Solomon Islands
- No prohibition
Luxembourg
- No prohibition
Lithuania
- No prohibition
Somalia
- No prohibition
Lesotho
- No prohibition
Lebanon
- No prohibition
Laos
- No prohibition
South Sudan
- No prohibition
Kuwait
- No prohibition
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No prohibition
Sri Lanka
- No prohibition
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No prohibition
Japan
- No prohibition
Malawi
- No prohibition
Jamaica
- No prohibition
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No prohibition
Sudan
- No prohibition
Suriname
- No prohibition
Iran
- No prohibition
Indonesia
- No prohibition
India
- No prohibition
Iceland
- No prohibition
Eswatini
- No prohibition
Haiti
- No prohibition
Sweden
- No prohibition
Grenada
- No prohibition
Madagascar
- No prohibition
Malaysia
- No prohibition
Ghana
- No prohibition
Sao Tome and Principe
- No prohibition
Poland
- No prohibition
The Philippines
- No prohibition
Paraguay
- No prohibition
Papua New Guinea
- No prohibition
Panama
- No prohibition
Palau
- No prohibition
Pakistan
- No prohibition
Oman
- No prohibition
Nigeria
- No prohibition
Niger
- No prohibition
Nicaragua
- No prohibition
San Marino
- No prohibition
Nepal
- No prohibition
Mali
- No prohibition
Nauru
- No prohibition
Saudi Arabia
- No prohibition
Myanmar
- No prohibition
Mozambique
- No prohibition
Morocco
- No prohibition
Senegal
- No prohibition
Monaco
- No prohibition
- No prohibition
Federated States of Micronesia
- No prohibition
Sierra Leone
- No prohibition
Singapore
- No prohibition
Mauritania
- No prohibition
Marshall Islands
- No prohibition
Greenland
- No prohibition
Guinea-Bissau
- No prohibition
The Gambia
- No prohibition
Canada
- No prohibition
Antigua and Barbuda
- No prohibition
Argentina
- No prohibition
Barbados
- No prohibition
Republic of the Congo
- No prohibition
Uganda
- No prohibition
Comoros
- No prohibition
Colombia
- No prohibition
Chad
- No prohibition
Central African Republic
- No prohibition
United Arab Emirates
- No prohibition
Cameroon
- No prohibition
Cuba
- No prohibition
Austria
- No prohibition
Cambodia
- No prohibition
Burundi
- No prohibition
Yemen
- No prohibition
Brunei
- No prohibition
Uruguay
- No prohibition
Botswana
- No prohibition
Bahamas
- No prohibition
Bahrain
- No prohibition
Vanuatu
- No prohibition
Benin
- No prohibition
Angola
- No prohibition
Tuvalu
- No prohibition
Tunisia
- No prohibition
Egypt
- No prohibition
Gabon
- No prohibition
Algeria
- No prohibition
Thailand
- No prohibition
Andorra
- No prohibition
Timor-Leste
- No prohibition
Ethiopia
- No prohibition
Togo
- No prohibition
Eritrea
- No prohibition
Equatorial Guinea
- No prohibition
Bangladesh
- No prohibition
Dominican Republic
- No prohibition
Tonga
- No prohibition
Djibouti
- No prohibition
Dominica
- No prohibition
Ecuador
- No prohibition
Trinidad and Tobago
- No prohibition
Latvia
- General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment
Guatemala
- General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment
Georgia
- General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment
China
- General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment
Bolivia
- General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment
Portugal
- General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment
Peru
- 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
Syria
- General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment
Belize
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Venezuela
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Rwanda
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Armenia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Honduras
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
El Salvador
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Zambia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status
Samoa
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Ukraine
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Vietnam
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Uzbekistan
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Serbia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
United States of America
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
United Kingdom
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Slovakia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Slovenia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
South Africa
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Turkmenistan
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Spain
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Turkey
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
St. Lucia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Switzerland
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Tanzania
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Tajikistan
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Afghanistan
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Liberia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Russian Federation
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
France
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Finland
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Fiji
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Estonia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Denmark
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Czech Republic
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Cyprus
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Croatia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Cote d'Ivoire
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Costa Rica
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Chile
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Greece
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Cabo Verde
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Burkina Faso
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Bulgaria
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Brazil
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Bhutan
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Belgium
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Belarus
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Azerbaijan
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Australia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Germany
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Guinea
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Romania
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Maldives
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Norway
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
New Zealand
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
The Netherlands
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Namibia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Montenegro
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Mongolia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Moldova
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Mexico
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Mauritius
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Malta
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
North Macedonia
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Guyana
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Liechtenstein
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Albania
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Kyrgyzstan
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Republic of Korea
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Kiribati
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Kenya
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Kazakhstan
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Italy
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Israel
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Ireland
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Hungary
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
Zimbabwe
- Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition
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