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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 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
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