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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discriminatory workplace harassment 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.
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 marital status. 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 marital status.
Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of marital status
broadly protects individuals from workplace discrimination on the basis of marital status, but does not explicitly address workplace harassment. 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 harassment 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 harassment to all workers.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No prohibition
Madagascar
- No prohibition
Pakistan
- No prohibition
Oman
- No prohibition
Nigeria
- No prohibition
Niger
- 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
Panama
- No prohibition
Jamaica
- No prohibition
Honduras
- No prohibition
Iceland
- No prohibition
India
- No prohibition
Indonesia
- No prohibition
Iran
- No prohibition
Israel
- No prohibition
Japan
- No prohibition
Lebanon
- No prohibition
Jordan
- No prohibition
Kazakhstan
- No prohibition
Kenya
- No prohibition
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No prohibition
Kuwait
- No prohibition
Laos
- No prohibition
Palau
- No prohibition
Papua New Guinea
- No prohibition
Guinea-Bissau
- No prohibition
Tajikistan
- No prohibition
Zambia
- No prohibition
Yemen
- No prohibition
Vanuatu
- No prohibition
Uzbekistan
- No prohibition
Uruguay
- No prohibition
United States of America
- No prohibition
United Arab Emirates
- No prohibition
Uganda
- No prohibition
Tuvalu
- No prohibition
Turkmenistan
- No prohibition
Tunisia
- No prohibition
Tonga
- No prohibition
Togo
- No prohibition
Thailand
- No prohibition
Syria
- No prohibition
Paraguay
- No prohibition
Solomon Islands
- No prohibition
The Philippines
- No prohibition
Qatar
- No prohibition
Russian Federation
- No prohibition
Saudi Arabia
- No prohibition
Senegal
- No prohibition
Sierra Leone
- No prohibition
Somalia
- No prohibition
Sweden
- No prohibition
South Sudan
- No prohibition
Sri Lanka
- No prohibition
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No prohibition
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No prohibition
Sudan
- No prohibition
Suriname
- No prohibition
Haiti
- No prohibition
Zimbabwe
- No prohibition
Eritrea
- No prohibition
Dominican Republic
- No prohibition
Ecuador
- No prohibition
Egypt
- No prohibition
Dominica
- No prohibition
Djibouti
- No prohibition
Cameroon
- No prohibition
Chad
- No prohibition
China
- No prohibition
Burundi
- No prohibition
Equatorial Guinea
- No prohibition
Cuba
- No prohibition
Burkina Faso
- No prohibition
Estonia
- No prohibition
Brunei
- No prohibition
Ethiopia
- No prohibition
Brazil
- No prohibition
Botswana
- No prohibition
Bhutan
- No prohibition
Guatemala
- No prohibition
Republic of the Congo
- No prohibition
Antigua and Barbuda
- No prohibition
Greenland
- No prohibition
Greece
- No prohibition
Ghana
- No prohibition
Germany
- No prohibition
Bahrain
- No prohibition
Bangladesh
- No prohibition
Barbados
- No prohibition
Belarus
- No prohibition
The Gambia
- No prohibition
Gabon
- No prohibition
Benin
- No prohibition
Central African Republic
- No prohibition
Comoros
- General prohibition of harassment
Norway
- General prohibition of harassment
Peru
- General prohibition of harassment
Guinea
- General prohibition of harassment
Poland
- General prohibition of harassment
Cabo Verde
- General prohibition of harassment
San Marino
- General prohibition of harassment
Cambodia
- General prohibition of harassment
- General prohibition of harassment
Singapore
- General prohibition of harassment
Slovenia
- General prohibition of harassment
Andorra
- General prohibition of harassment
Cote d'Ivoire
- General prohibition of harassment
Colombia
- General prohibition of harassment
France
- General prohibition of harassment
Latvia
- General prohibition of harassment
Hungary
- General prohibition of harassment
Malta
- General prohibition of harassment
Iraq
- General prohibition of harassment
Moldova
- General prohibition of harassment
Finland
- General prohibition of harassment
Morocco
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Lesotho
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Republic of Korea
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Kiribati
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Fiji
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
St. Lucia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Eswatini
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Trinidad and Tobago
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Belize
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Samoa
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Bahamas
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Azerbaijan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Ukraine
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
United Kingdom
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Armenia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Angola
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Grenada
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Sao Tome and Principe
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Liberia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Malawi
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Guyana
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Namibia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Czech Republic
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Costa Rica
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Mongolia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
New Zealand
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Maldives
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Guaranteed in separate legislation
Vietnam
- Guaranteed in separate legislation
El Salvador
- Guaranteed in separate legislation
North Macedonia
- Guaranteed in separate legislation
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Guaranteed in separate legislation
Rwanda
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Ireland
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Turkey
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Australia
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Austria
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Timor-Leste
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
The Netherlands
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Croatia
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Argentina
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Montenegro
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Venezuela
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Cyprus
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Algeria
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Georgia
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Denmark
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Italy
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Mozambique
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Canada
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Lithuania
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Liechtenstein
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Serbia
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Albania
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Romania
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Slovakia
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Kyrgyzstan
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
South Africa
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Tanzania
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Portugal
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Spain
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Mauritius
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Bolivia
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Chile
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Mexico
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Switzerland
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Luxembourg
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Belgium
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
Bulgaria
- Yes, marital status-specific prohibition
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