WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Does legislation explicitly prohibit discriminatory workplace harassment on the basis of age?

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

The term “age” includes broad references to ‘age’ and specific protections for minors, the elderly, or individuals above a certain age. For the purposes of this variable, the term “age” captures all of these definitions.

Discriminatory harassment includes explicit legislative prohibitions against harassment at the workplace.

No prohibition means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discriminatory harassment on the basis of age. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.

General prohibition of harassment means that legislation prohibits discriminatory harassment 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 age.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of age broadly protects individuals from workplace discrimination on the basis of age, but does not explicitly address workplace harassment. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Yes, age-specific prohibition means that legislation either extends: a) an explicit prohibition of discriminatory harassment on the basis of age, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of age alongside a general prohibition of discriminatory harassment to all workers.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Federated States of Micronesia - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

Namibia - No prohibition

Malawi - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Kenya - No prohibition

Liechtenstein - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Syria - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Zambia - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Rwanda - No prohibition

Samoa - No prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Burkina Faso - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Comoros - General prohibition of harassment

Vietnam - General prohibition of harassment

Andorra - General prohibition of harassment

Cabo Verde - General prohibition of harassment

San Marino - General prohibition of harassment

Cambodia - General prohibition of harassment

Iraq - General prohibition of harassment

Singapore - General prohibition of harassment

Democratic Republic of the Congo - General prohibition of harassment

El Salvador - General prohibition of harassment

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General prohibition of harassment

Antigua and Barbuda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Ukraine - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Turkmenistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Uzbekistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Russian Federation - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

St. Lucia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Bahamas - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Belize - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Yemen - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Honduras - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Belarus - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

United States of America - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Guyana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Costa Rica - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Guinea-Bissau - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Grenada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Kazakhstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Kiribati - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Republic of Korea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Dominican Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Liberia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

New Zealand - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age combined

Poland - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Latvia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

France - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Chile - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Timor-Leste - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Colombia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Austria - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Australia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Turkey - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Argentina - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

The Netherlands - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Sweden - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Germany - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Greece - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Italy - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Guinea - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Venezuela - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Norway - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Algeria - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Finland - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Mozambique - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Romania - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Denmark - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Canada - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Czech Republic - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Moldova - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Mauritius - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

- Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Peru - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Fiji - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Malta - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Bolivia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Lithuania - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Albania - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition

Luxembourg - Yes, age combined-specific prohibition