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

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

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

General prohibition of workplace harassment means that legislation prohibits discriminatory workplace 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 within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Namibia - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Malawi - 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

Tonga - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Syria - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

Peru - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Samoa - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Burkina Faso - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General prohibition of harassment

Vietnam - General prohibition of harassment

Rwanda - General prohibition of harassment

Andorra - General prohibition of harassment

Cabo Verde - General prohibition of harassment

Madagascar - General prohibition of harassment

Guinea - General prohibition of harassment

Iraq - General prohibition of harassment

Russian Federation - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Romania - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Yemen - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Zambia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Tajikistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Uzbekistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

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

Ukraine - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Argentina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

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

Turkmenistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Australia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Belarus - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Timor-Leste - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Bahamas - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Guyana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Colombia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

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

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Honduras - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Grenada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Kazakhstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Kiribati - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

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

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Dominican Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Mexico - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Liberia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Cote d'Ivoire - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Costa Rica - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

New Zealand - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on age

Fiji - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Latvia - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Finland - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Austria - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Canada - Yes, age-specific prohibition

France - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Turkey - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Poland - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Albania - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Germany - Yes, age-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Italy - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Greece - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Algeria - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Venezuela - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Norway - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Czech Republic - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Moldova - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Mozambique - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Denmark - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Seychelles - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, age-specific prohibition

The Netherlands - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Lithuania - Yes, age-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Bolivia - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Mauritius - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Malta - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Chile - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, age-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Luxembourg - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Sweden - Yes, age-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, age-specific prohibition