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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

Chad - No

Sudan - No

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No

Republic of the Congo - No

St. Kitts and Nevis - No

Solomon Islands - No

Afghanistan - No

Saudi Arabia - No

Switzerland - No

Guinea-Bissau - No

Iran - No

Iraq - No

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No

Nauru - No

Libya - No

Federated States of Micronesia - No

Cabo Verde - No

Equatorial Guinea - No

Syria - No

United Arab Emirates - No

Tonga - No

Panama - Yes

United States of America - Yes

Palau - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

Oman - Yes

Norway - Yes

Niger - Yes

Nicaragua - Yes

Peru - Yes

Uzbekistan - Yes

Venezuela - Yes

The Netherlands - Yes

Mauritania - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Zambia - Yes

Monaco - Yes

Yemen - Yes

Nepal - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

Mozambique - Yes

The Philippines - Yes

Poland - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes

South Africa - Yes

South Sudan - Yes

Spain - Yes

Sri Lanka - Yes

Togo - Yes

Timor-Leste - Yes

Sweden - Yes

Turkey - Yes

Tajikistan - Yes

Uganda - Yes

Qatar - Yes

Russian Federation - Yes

Rwanda - Yes

Samoa - Yes

San Marino - Yes

Sierra Leone - Yes

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes

Tuvalu - Yes

Serbia - Yes

- Yes

Turkmenistan - Yes

Malta - Yes

Marshall Islands - Yes

Mali - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Canada - Yes

Central African Republic - Yes

Chile - Yes

China - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes

Cuba - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Czech Republic - Yes

Dominican Republic - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Egypt - Yes

Angola - Yes

Antigua and Barbuda - Yes

Australia - Yes

Azerbaijan - Yes

Bangladesh - Yes

Belize - Yes

Benin - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

El Salvador - Yes

Latvia - Yes

Japan - Yes

Jordan - Yes

Kazakhstan - Yes

Kenya - Yes

Republic of Korea - Yes

Kyrgyzstan - Yes

Laos - Yes

Italy - Yes

Liechtenstein - Yes

Lithuania - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Madagascar - Yes

Malawi - Yes

Israel - Yes

Greece - Yes

Fiji - Yes

France - Yes

Gabon - Yes

Ghana - Yes

Guatemala - Yes

Guinea - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Haiti - Yes

India - Yes

Indonesia - Yes