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