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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability?
Map reflects policies in place as of May 2018. Updates of these data are currently in progress.
The term ‘disability’ includes general references to disabilities (‘handicap’, ‘impaired’, or ‘special needs’), or specific mentions of mental, intellectual, sensory, or physical disabilities. For the purposes of this variable, the term “disability” captures all of these definitions.
No
means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit disability-based workplace discrimination broadly, nor specifically against discrimination in hiring, pay, promotions and/or demotions, nor terminations.
Yes
means that country legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of disability-based workplace discrimination.
Countries
Eritrea
- No
Chad
- No
Sudan
- No
Comoros
- No
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No
Republic of the Congo
- No
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No
Somalia
- No
Solomon Islands
- No
Dominica
- No
Singapore
- No
Afghanistan
- No
Saudi Arabia
- No
Switzerland
- No
Greenland
- No
Guinea-Bissau
- No
Iceland
- No
Iran
- No
Iraq
- No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No
Nauru
- No
Kuwait
- No
Libya
- No
Federated States of Micronesia
- No
Cabo Verde
- No
Equatorial Guinea
- No
Syria
- No
Brunei
- No
Argentina
- No
United Arab Emirates
- No
Bhutan
- No
Tonga
- No
Vanuatu
- No
Burundi
- No
Panama
- Yes
United States of America
- Yes
Palau
- Yes
Uruguay
- Yes
New Zealand
- Yes
United Kingdom
- Yes
Pakistan
- Yes
Oman
- Yes
Norway
- Yes
Nigeria
- Yes
Niger
- Yes
Paraguay
- Yes
Nicaragua
- Yes
Peru
- Yes
Uzbekistan
- Yes
Venezuela
- Yes
The Netherlands
- Yes
Mongolia
- Yes
Mauritania
- Yes
Mauritius
- Yes
Mexico
- Yes
Zambia
- Yes
Moldova
- Yes
Monaco
- Yes
Yemen
- Yes
Nepal
- Yes
Montenegro
- Yes
Vietnam
- Yes
Morocco
- Yes
Mozambique
- Yes
Myanmar
- Yes
Namibia
- Yes
The Philippines
- Yes
Portugal
- Yes
Poland
- Yes
St. Lucia
- Yes
Tunisia
- Yes
Trinidad and Tobago
- Yes
South Africa
- Yes
South Sudan
- Yes
Spain
- Yes
Sri Lanka
- Yes
Togo
- Yes
Slovakia
- Yes
Timor-Leste
- Yes
Thailand
- Yes
Suriname
- Yes
Eswatini
- Yes
Tanzania
- Yes
Sweden
- Yes
Slovenia
- Yes
Turkey
- Yes
Tajikistan
- Yes
Uganda
- Yes
Qatar
- Yes
Ukraine
- Yes
Romania
- Yes
Russian Federation
- Yes
Rwanda
- Yes
Samoa
- Yes
San Marino
- Yes
Sierra Leone
- Yes
Sao Tome and Principe
- Yes
Tuvalu
- Yes
Senegal
- Yes
Serbia
- Yes
- Yes
Turkmenistan
- Yes
Malta
- Yes
Marshall Islands
- Yes
Liberia
- Yes
Mali
- Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Yes
Cambodia
- Yes
Cameroon
- Yes
Canada
- Yes
Central African Republic
- Yes
Chile
- Yes
China
- Yes
Colombia
- Yes
Costa Rica
- Yes
Bulgaria
- Yes
Cote d'Ivoire
- Yes
Croatia
- Yes
Cuba
- Yes
Cyprus
- Yes
Czech Republic
- Yes
Denmark
- Yes
Djibouti
- Yes
Dominican Republic
- Yes
Burkina Faso
- Yes
Brazil
- Yes
Egypt
- Yes
Bahamas
- Yes
Algeria
- Yes
Andorra
- Yes
Angola
- Yes
Antigua and Barbuda
- Yes
Armenia
- Yes
Australia
- Yes
Austria
- Yes
Azerbaijan
- Yes
Bahrain
- Yes
Botswana
- Yes
Bangladesh
- Yes
Barbados
- Yes
Belarus
- Yes
Belgium
- Yes
Belize
- Yes
Benin
- Yes
Bolivia
- Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Yes
Ecuador
- Yes
El Salvador
- Yes
Maldives
- Yes
Latvia
- Yes
Japan
- Yes
Jordan
- Yes
Kazakhstan
- Yes
Kenya
- Yes
Kiribati
- Yes
Republic of Korea
- Yes
Kyrgyzstan
- Yes
Laos
- Yes
Lebanon
- Yes
Italy
- Yes
Albania
- Yes
Liechtenstein
- Yes
Lithuania
- Yes
Luxembourg
- Yes
North Macedonia
- Yes
Madagascar
- Yes
Malawi
- Yes
Malaysia
- Yes
Jamaica
- Yes
Israel
- Yes
Estonia
- Yes
Greece
- Yes
Ethiopia
- Yes
Fiji
- Yes
Finland
- Yes
France
- Yes
Gabon
- Yes
Georgia
- Yes
Germany
- Yes
Ghana
- Yes
Grenada
- Yes
Ireland
- Yes
Guatemala
- Yes
Guinea
- Yes
Guyana
- Yes
Haiti
- Yes
Honduras
- Yes
Hungary
- Yes
India
- Yes
Indonesia
- Yes
Zimbabwe
- Yes
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