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

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

Map reflects policies in place as of August 2016. Updates of these data are currently in progress.

Terminations includes explicit legislative prohibitions against discriminatory terminations or dismissals from the workplace, or guarantees of continuance of employment.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of motherhood but does not explicitly guarantee equal pay. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace using gender-neutral references to caregiving (‘parenthood’, ‘having children’, ‘single parents’, workers with ‘family responsibilities’), but does not explicitly address discrimination in terminations. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of workplace.

Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers only means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit prohibition of discrimination in terminations to mothers, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of motherhood alongside a general prohibition of discrimination terminations to all workers within the same legislation. Country legislation does not prohibit any of these forms of workplace discrimination on the basis of fatherhood.

Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers means that legislation prohibits discrimination in terminations on the basis of both motherhood and fatherhood by either: a) extending an explicit prohibition of discrimination in terminations on the basis of motherhood and/or fatherhood, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of motherhood and/or fatherhood alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in terminations to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Moldova - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Mozambique - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

The Netherlands - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Kazakhstan - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Iraq - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Kenya - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Latvia - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

Timor-Leste - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Turkmenistan - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Uzbekistan - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Venezuela - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Zambia - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Seychelles - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Russian Federation - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Bolivia - No prohibition

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Costa Rica - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Colombia - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Chile - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Cabo Verde - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Azerbaijan - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Georgia - No prohibition

Algeria - No prohibition

Andorra - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Honduras - No prohibition

Italy - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Nicaragua - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Rwanda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Guatemala - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Croatia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Bulgaria - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Finland - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Guinea-Bissau - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Czech Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Denmark - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Ukraine - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

The Gambia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Argentina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only

Belgium - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers only

Ecuador - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers only

United Kingdom - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers only

Germany - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers only

Burkina Faso - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Bahrain - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Turkey - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

South Africa - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Austria - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Australia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Togo - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Armenia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Belize - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Spain - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Brazil - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

St. Kitts and Nevis - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

St. Lucia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Vietnam - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Tanzania - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Syria - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Switzerland - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Eswatini - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Slovenia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Comoros - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Slovakia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Lithuania - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Malta - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Ethiopia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Maldives - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Fiji - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Malawi - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

North Macedonia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Luxembourg - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Liechtenstein - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Eritrea - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

France - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Albania - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Lesotho - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Greece - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Kiribati - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Grenada - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Guyana - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Ireland - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Estonia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Mauritius - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Cambodia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Serbia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Canada - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Sao Tome and Principe - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Romania - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Portugal - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Peru - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Hungary - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Cyprus - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Mexico - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

New Zealand - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Djibouti - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Namibia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Dominican Republic - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Morocco - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Montenegro - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Mongolia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Egypt - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers

Liberia - Prohibition of discrimination in terminations for mothers and fathers