Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in promotions and/or demotions on the basis of breastfeeding status?

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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in promotions and/or demotions 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.

Promotions and/or demotions includes explicit legislative prohibitions against discrimination in promotions, advancement, discipline, demotions, and in certain cases, prohibition of discrimination in performance evaluations.

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

General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions means that legislation prohibits discrimination in promotions and/or demotions 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 promotions nor demotions 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 promotions or demotions, or b) extends a broad prohibition of breastfeeding status-based workplace discrimination alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in promotions or demotions to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Namibia - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

The Netherlands - No prohibition

New Zealand - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

Mozambique - No prohibition

Mongolia - No prohibition

Russian Federation - No prohibition

Luxembourg - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Kyrgyzstan - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Liechtenstein - No prohibition

Lithuania - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Malawi - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Malta - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Mauritius - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Rwanda - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Timor-Leste - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Turkey - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Ukraine - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

United Kingdom - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Venezuela - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Zambia - No prohibition

Tanzania - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Samoa - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Seychelles - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Sweden - 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

Sudan - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Kiribati - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Costa Rica - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Kenya - No prohibition

Denmark - No prohibition

Belgium - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Bulgaria - No prohibition

Burkina Faso - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Bolivia - No prohibition

Colombia - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Chile - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Estonia - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Honduras - No prohibition

Armenia - No prohibition

Argentina - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Ireland - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Algeria - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Kazakhstan - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Guyana - No prohibition

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Fiji - No prohibition

Finland - No prohibition

France - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Georgia - No prohibition

Germany - No prohibition

Greece - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Grenada - No prohibition

Azerbaijan - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

Austria - No prohibition

Turkmenistan - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Uzbekistan - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Andorra - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Romania - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Syria - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Montenegro - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Latvia - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Italy - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Albania - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Iraq - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

North Macedonia - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Hungary - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Mexico - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Cabo Verde - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Moldova - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Peru - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Portugal - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Czech Republic - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Croatia - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Serbia - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Slovakia - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Slovenia - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

South Africa - General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on breastfeeding

Australia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Vietnam - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition