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

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

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 pregnancy. 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 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 promotions nor demotions on this basis. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Yes, pregnancy-specific prohibition means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit pregnancy-based prohibition of discrimination in promotions or demotions, or b) extends a broad prohibition of pregnancy-based workplace discrimination alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in promotions or demotions to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Malawi - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Luxembourg - No prohibition

Lithuania - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

Mauritius - No prohibition

Kazakhstan - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Timor-Leste - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Seychelles - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Russian Federation - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

The Netherlands - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Colombia - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Bulgaria - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Azerbaijan - No prohibition

Algeria - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Argentina - No prohibition

Armenia - No prohibition

Austria - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Bolivia - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Costa Rica - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Turkey - No prohibition

Ukraine - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Georgia - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Greece - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Honduras - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Denmark - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Rwanda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

United States of America - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Republic of Korea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Burkina Faso - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

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

Venezuela - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Tanzania - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

St. Lucia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Uganda - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Zambia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Switzerland - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Vietnam - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

The Gambia - 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

Czech Republic - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Grenada - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

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

Chile - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Brazil - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Bhutan - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Belize - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Australia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Germany - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Guyana - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Romania - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Norway - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

New Zealand - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Namibia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Mozambique - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Malta - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Liechtenstein - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Albania - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Kiribati - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Kenya - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Italy - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition

Zimbabwe - Yes, pregnancy status-specific prohibition