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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 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 social class. 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 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, social class-specific prohibition
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.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No prohibition
Kuwait
- No prohibition
The Netherlands
- No prohibition
Nauru
- No prohibition
Myanmar
- No prohibition
Monaco
- No prohibition
Federated States of Micronesia
- No prohibition
Marshall Islands
- No prohibition
Mali
- No prohibition
Malaysia
- No prohibition
Madagascar
- No prohibition
Luxembourg
- No prohibition
Liechtenstein
- No prohibition
Lebanon
- No prohibition
Laos
- No prohibition
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No prohibition
Niger
- 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
Honduras
- No prohibition
Haiti
- No prohibition
Guinea-Bissau
- No prohibition
New Zealand
- No prohibition
Nigeria
- No prohibition
Greece
- No prohibition
Sudan
- 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
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No prohibition
Oman
- No prohibition
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No prohibition
Sri Lanka
- No prohibition
South Sudan
- No prohibition
Solomon Islands
- No prohibition
Sierra Leone
- No prohibition
Senegal
- No prohibition
Saudi Arabia
- No prohibition
Sao Tome and Principe
- No prohibition
Qatar
- No prohibition
The Philippines
- No prohibition
Papua New Guinea
- No prohibition
Palau
- No prohibition
Pakistan
- No prohibition
Greenland
- No prohibition
Zimbabwe
- No prohibition
Brunei
- No prohibition
Cuba
- No prohibition
Djibouti
- No prohibition
Republic of the Congo
- No prohibition
Dominica
- No prohibition
Barbados
- No prohibition
Bangladesh
- No prohibition
Bahrain
- No prohibition
Bhutan
- No prohibition
Ecuador
- No prohibition
Egypt
- No prohibition
Bahamas
- No prohibition
Cyprus
- No prohibition
Austria
- No prohibition
Chad
- No prohibition
Ethiopia
- No prohibition
Cameroon
- No prohibition
Canada
- No prohibition
Antigua and Barbuda
- No prohibition
Germany
- No prohibition
The Gambia
- No prohibition
Botswana
- No prohibition
China
- No prohibition
Brazil
- No prohibition
Central African Republic
- No prohibition
Benin
- No prohibition
Malta
- General prohibition of harassment
Singapore
- General prohibition of harassment
- General prohibition of harassment
Norway
- General prohibition of harassment
Poland
- General prohibition of harassment
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- General prohibition of harassment
San Marino
- General prohibition of harassment
Iraq
- General prohibition of harassment
Cambodia
- General prohibition of harassment
Guinea
- General prohibition of harassment
Andorra
- General prohibition of harassment
Russian Federation
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Samoa
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Paraguay
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Burundi
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Panama
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Burkina Faso
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
St. Lucia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Somalia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Turkmenistan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Zambia
- 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
Ukraine
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Uganda
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Armenia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Azerbaijan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Spain
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Togo
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Tajikistan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Eswatini
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Suriname
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Belarus
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Belize
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Nicaragua
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Ghana
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Liberia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Kiribati
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Malawi
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Libya
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Nepal
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Czech Republic
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Kyrgyzstan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Republic of Korea
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Kazakhstan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Costa Rica
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Dominican Republic
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Equatorial Guinea
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Eritrea
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Gabon
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Guyana
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Guatemala
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Grenada
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Maldives
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Lesotho
- 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
Namibia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Mongolia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on social class
Finland
- Guaranteed in separate legislation
Vietnam
- Guaranteed in separate legislation
El Salvador
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Timor-Leste
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Montenegro
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Estonia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Australia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Turkey
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Fiji
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
France
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Hungary
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Argentina
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
United Kingdom
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Mozambique
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Colombia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Cabo Verde
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Venezuela
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Algeria
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Georgia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Tanzania
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Comoros
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Rwanda
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Lithuania
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Cote d'Ivoire
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Mauritius
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Serbia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Croatia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
North Macedonia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Slovakia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Slovenia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Bolivia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
South Africa
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Kenya
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Romania
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Albania
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Bulgaria
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Portugal
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Latvia
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Belgium
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Denmark
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Mexico
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Moldova
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Peru
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
Chile
- Yes, social class-specific prohibition
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