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

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

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

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.

Broad 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 promotions and/or demotions. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of workplace.

Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers only means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions to mothers, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of motherhood alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions to all workers within the same legislation. Country legislation does not prohibit any of these forms of workplace discrimination on the basis of fatherhood.

Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers means that legislation prohibits discrimination in promotions and/or demotions on the basis of both motherhood and fatherhood by either: a) extending an explicit prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions 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 promotions and/or demotions to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Mozambique - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

The Netherlands - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

Peru - No prohibition

Moldova - No prohibition

Mauritius - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Kazakhstan - No prohibition

Kenya - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Latvia - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Turkey - No prohibition

Turkmenistan - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Uzbekistan - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Venezuela - No prohibition

Vietnam - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Zambia - No prohibition

Timor-Leste - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

Russian Federation - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

San Marino - 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

Syria - 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

Eswatini - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Iraq - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Bolivia - No prohibition

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Costa Rica - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Colombia - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Burkina Faso - No prohibition

Chile - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Cabo Verde - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Azerbaijan - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Honduras - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Andorra - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Georgia - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Algeria - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

Guatemala - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Bulgaria - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Rwanda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Guinea-Bissau - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Argentina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Nicaragua - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Finland - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

The Gambia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Ukraine - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Lithuania - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Denmark - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

United Kingdom - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers only

Germany - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers only

Belgium - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers only

Austria - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Switzerland - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Tanzania - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Togo - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Belize - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

St. Lucia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Brazil - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Australia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Spain - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Ireland - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

South Africa - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Luxembourg - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

France - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Mexico - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Malta - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Malawi - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Greece - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

North Macedonia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Liechtenstein - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Montenegro - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Albania - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Grenada - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Guyana - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Kiribati - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Hungary - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Italy - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Fiji - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Morocco - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Canada - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Portugal - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Slovenia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Slovakia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Serbia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Sao Tome and Principe - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Romania - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Croatia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Estonia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Cyprus - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Czech Republic - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Djibouti - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Dominican Republic - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

New Zealand - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Namibia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers

Liberia - Prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions for mothers and fathers