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

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

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

The term “social class” encompasses a diversity of terminology used across countries, and includes references to ‘caste’, ‘social background’, ‘economic standing’, ‘economic status’, ‘social condition’, ‘social origin’, ‘socioeconomic status’, ‘disadvantaged’, ‘property status, ‘education’, and others. For the purposes of this variable, the term “social class” 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 social class. 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 social class.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of social class broadly protects individuals from workplace discrimination on the basis of social class, 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 social class means that legislation either extends: a) an explicit prohibition of discriminatory harassment on the basis of social class, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of social class alongside a general prohibition of discriminatory harassment to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Luxembourg - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

New Zealand - No prohibition

The Netherlands - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Liechtenstein - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Italy - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Ireland - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Syria - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Peru - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Cambodia - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Djibouti - No prohibition

Cyprus - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Belize - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Austria - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Greece - No prohibition

Ethiopia - No prohibition

Germany - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Andorra - General prohibition of harassment

Guinea - General prohibition of harassment

Iraq - General prohibition of harassment

Seychelles - General prohibition of harassment

Madagascar - General prohibition of harassment

Malta - General prohibition of harassment

Spain - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Belarus - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

St. Lucia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Gabon - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Somalia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Honduras - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Burkina Faso - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Burundi - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Russian Federation - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Romania - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Eswatini - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Ghana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Ukraine - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Zambia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Vietnam - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Uzbekistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Angola - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Guatemala - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Argentina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Uganda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Guyana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Turkmenistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Australia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Togo - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Timor-Leste - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Tajikistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Finland - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Liberia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Paraguay - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Costa Rica - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Mexico - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Morocco - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Mauritania - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Czech Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Namibia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

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

Equatorial Guinea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Malawi - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Nepal - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Republic of Korea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Kiribati - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Moldova - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Kazakhstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Lesotho - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Lithuania - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Eritrea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

El Salvador - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Dominican Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Comoros - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Colombia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Grenada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Libya - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Nicaragua - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Panama - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class

Mauritius - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Algeria - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Albania - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Venezuela - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Denmark - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Turkey - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Fiji - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

France - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Chile - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Latvia - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Kenya - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Bolivia - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Cabo Verde - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Mozambique - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, social class-specific prohibition

Rwanda - Yes, social class-specific prohibition