Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in terminations on the basis of breastfeeding status?

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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in terminations 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.

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 breastfeeding status. 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 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 terminations. 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 extends: a) an explicit prohibition of discriminatory terminations on the basis of breastfeeding status, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of breastfeeding status alongside a general prohibition of discriminatory termination to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

New Zealand - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

Mozambique - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Namibia - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

The Netherlands - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Mongolia - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Liechtenstein - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Kyrgyzstan - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Lithuania - No prohibition

Mauritius - No prohibition

Luxembourg - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Malawi - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Malta - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

Kenya - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

Tanzania - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Ukraine - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

United Kingdom - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Uzbekistan - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Venezuela - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Zambia - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Russian Federation - No prohibition

Rwanda - 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

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

South Sudan - 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

Kiribati - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Kazakhstan - No prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Chile - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Bulgaria - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Czech Republic - No prohibition

Denmark - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Algeria - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Argentina - No prohibition

Armenia - No prohibition

Austria - No prohibition

Azerbaijan - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Belgium - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Bolivia - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Grenada - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Guyana - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Iraq - No prohibition

Ireland - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Italy - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Greece - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Germany - No prohibition

Georgia - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

France - No prohibition

Finland - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

Fiji - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Estonia - No prohibition

Ecuador - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Andorra - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Eswatini - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Turkmenistan - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Turkey - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Albania - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Peru - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Hungary - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

North Macedonia - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Moldova - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Syria - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Burkina Faso - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Botswana - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Serbia - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Montenegro - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Romania - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Mexico - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

South Africa - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Costa Rica - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Slovakia - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on breastfeeding

Australia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Colombia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

China - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Vietnam - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Samoa - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Uruguay - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Bahrain - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Latvia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Cabo Verde - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Guatemala - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Timor-Leste - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Honduras - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Haiti - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, breastfeeding-specific prohibition