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