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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on 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.
No
means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of age broadly, nor specifically against discrimination in hiring, pay, promotions and/or demotions, terminations, nor harassment.
Yes
means that country legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of workplace discrimination on the basis of age.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No
Liechtenstein
- No
Nigeria
- No
Nicaragua
- No
Nepal
- No
Nauru
- No
Namibia
- No
Myanmar
- No
Morocco
- No
Monaco
- No
Micronesia, Federated States of
- No
Marshall Islands
- No
Malaysia
- No
Malawi
- No
Libya
- No
Pakistan
- No
Lesotho
- No
Lebanon
- No
Laos
- No
Kuwait
- No
Kenya
- No
Jordan
- No
Jamaica
- No
Indonesia
- No
India
- No
Iceland
- No
Haiti
- No
Guatemala
- No
Oman
- No
Palau
- No
Ghana
- No
Suriname
- No
Vietnam
- No
Vanuatu
- No
Uruguay
- No
United Arab Emirates
- No
Uganda
- No
Tuvalu
- No
Tunisia
- No
Trinidad and Tobago
- No
Tonga
- No
Thailand
- No
Syria
- No
Switzerland
- No
Sudan
- No
Panama
- No
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No
Sri Lanka
- No
South Sudan
- No
Solomon Islands
- No
Sierra Leone
- No
Saudi Arabia
- No
Sao Tome and Principe
- No
San Marino
- No
Samoa
- No
Rwanda
- No
Qatar
- No
Papua New Guinea
- No
Greenland
- No
Zimbabwe
- No
The Gambia
- No
Ethiopia
- No
Cuba
- No
Cabo Verde
- No
Dominica
- No
Bangladesh
- No
Bahrain
- No
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- No
Egypt
- No
Equatorial Guinea
- No
Botswana
- No
Bhutan
- No
Eritrea
- No
Brunei
- No
Angola
- No
Comoros
- No
China
- No
Andorra
- No
Singapore
- Yes
Somalia
- Yes
Cambodia
- Yes
Paraguay
- Yes
Peru
- Yes
Bolivia
- Yes
Slovenia
- Yes
Slovakia
- Yes
The Philippines
- Yes
Romania
- Yes
Poland
- Yes
Russian Federation
- Yes
Seychelles
- Yes
Serbia
- Yes
Senegal
- Yes
Portugal
- Yes
Brazil
- Yes
Burundi
- Yes
Bulgaria
- Yes
Burkina Faso
- Yes
South Africa
- Yes
Belarus
- Yes
Spain
- Yes
Turkey
- Yes
Zambia
- Yes
Yemen
- Yes
Algeria
- Yes
Venezuela
- Yes
Uzbekistan
- Yes
United States of America
- Yes
United Kingdom
- Yes
Antigua and Barbuda
- Yes
Ukraine
- Yes
Argentina
- Yes
Armenia
- Yes
Turkmenistan
- Yes
Australia
- Yes
Benin
- Yes
Austria
- Yes
Azerbaijan
- Yes
Togo
- Yes
Timor-Leste
- Yes
Bahamas
- Yes
Tanzania
- Yes
Tajikistan
- Yes
Sweden
- Yes
Eswatini
- Yes
Barbados
- Yes
Belgium
- Yes
St. Lucia
- Yes
Belize
- Yes
Cameroon
- Yes
Niger
- Yes
Canada
- Yes
Iraq
- Yes
Dominican Republic
- Yes
Kyrgyzstan
- Yes
Ecuador
- Yes
Republic of Korea
- Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Yes
Kiribati
- Yes
Kazakhstan
- Yes
El Salvador
- Yes
Japan
- Yes
Italy
- Yes
Israel
- Yes
Ireland
- Yes
Iran
- Yes
Djibouti
- Yes
Estonia
- Yes
Hungary
- Yes
Honduras
- Yes
Fiji
- Yes
Guyana
- Yes
Guinea-Bissau
- Yes
Guinea
- Yes
Finland
- Yes
Grenada
- Yes
France
- Yes
Greece
- Yes
Gabon
- Yes
Germany
- Yes
Latvia
- Yes
Albania
- Yes
Central African Republic
- Yes
Moldova
- Yes
Norway
- Yes
Chad
- Yes
Georgia
- Yes
Chile
- Yes
New Zealand
- Yes
The Netherlands
- Yes
Colombia
- Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Yes
Mozambique
- Yes
Republic of the Congo
- Yes
Montenegro
- Yes
Mongolia
- Yes
Costa Rica
- Yes
Cote d'Ivoire
- Yes
Denmark
- Yes
Mexico
- Yes
Mauritius
- Yes
Mauritania
- Yes
Croatia
- Yes
Malta
- Yes
Mali
- Yes
Maldives
- Yes
Cyprus
- Yes
Madagascar
- Yes
North Macedonia
- Yes
Luxembourg
- Yes
Lithuania
- Yes
Czech Republic
- Yes
Liberia
- Yes
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