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