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

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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, but does not include cases where protections based on marital status are only extended to women.

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 marital status. 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 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, prohibition based on marital status 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 within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Nicaragua - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Peru - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Kazakhstan - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Kenya - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Honduras - No prohibition

Ukraine - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Turkmenistan - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Uganda - 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

Yemen - No prohibition

Zambia - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Syria - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Russian Federation - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Somalia - 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

Iceland - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Burkina Faso - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Eritrea - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Estonia - No prohibition

Belarus - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Germany - No prohibition

France - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Argentina - No prohibition

Gabon - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Cabo Verde - General prohibition of harassment

Iraq - General prohibition of harassment

Slovenia - General prohibition of harassment

Moldova - General prohibition of harassment

Hungary - General prohibition of harassment

Seychelles - General prohibition of harassment

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General prohibition of harassment

Guinea - General prohibition of harassment

Colombia - General prohibition of harassment

Finland - General prohibition of harassment

Malta - General prohibition of harassment

Andorra - General prohibition of harassment

Madagascar - General prohibition of harassment

Sao Tome and Principe - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Vietnam - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

United Kingdom - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Angola - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Timor-Leste - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Australia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

St. Lucia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Eswatini - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Bahamas - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Switzerland - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Trinidad and Tobago - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Costa Rica - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Liberia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Morocco - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Guyana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Grenada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Italy - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Kiribati - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Republic of Korea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Lesotho - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Fiji - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Lithuania - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

North Macedonia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Malawi - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Mexico - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

El Salvador - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Czech Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

New Zealand - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Namibia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Latvia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Austria - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Canada - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Greece - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Turkey - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Venezuela - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Chile - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Algeria - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Albania - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Mozambique - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Liechtenstein - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Denmark - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Luxembourg - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Rwanda - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Mauritius - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

The Netherlands - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Bolivia - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition

Romania - Yes, marital status-specific prohibition