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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin?
Map reflects policies in place as of August 2016. Updates of these data are currently in progress.
The term “foreign national origin” includes references to ‘ancestry’, ‘citizenship or origin of parents’, ‘country or place of birth’, ‘homeland’, ‘national descent’, or ‘national origin’. For the purposes of this variable, the term “foreign national origin” captures all of these definitions.
No
means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of foreign national origin 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 workplace discrimination on the basis of foreign national origin.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No
Italy
- No
Lebanon
- No
Senegal
- No
Laos
- No
Kyrgyzstan
- No
Kuwait
- No
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No
- No
Sierra Leone
- No
Kazakhstan
- No
Jordan
- No
Japan
- No
Jamaica
- No
Singapore
- No
Albania
- No
Iraq
- No
Iran
- No
Indonesia
- No
India
- No
Iceland
- No
Honduras
- No
Haiti
- No
Solomon Islands
- No
Guinea-Bissau
- No
Guatemala
- No
South Africa
- No
Palau
- No
Greece
- No
Saudi Arabia
- No
Libya
- No
Germany
- No
Mongolia
- No
Oman
- No
Panama
- No
Nigeria
- No
Papua New Guinea
- No
Nicaragua
- No
Paraguay
- No
The Netherlands
- No
Nepal
- No
Nauru
- No
Myanmar
- No
The Philippines
- No
Poland
- No
Monaco
- No
Liechtenstein
- No
Qatar
- No
Federated States of Micronesia
- No
Romania
- No
Russian Federation
- No
Marshall Islands
- No
Malta
- No
Mali
- No
Maldives
- No
Malaysia
- No
Malawi
- No
San Marino
- No
Sao Tome and Principe
- No
Lithuania
- No
Ghana
- No
Greenland
- No
South Sudan
- No
Belize
- No
Central African Republic
- No
Tuvalu
- No
Cameroon
- No
Cambodia
- No
Burundi
- No
Bulgaria
- No
Brunei
- No
Ukraine
- No
United Arab Emirates
- No
Bolivia
- No
Bhutan
- No
Benin
- No
Uruguay
- No
Turkey
- No
Uzbekistan
- No
Bangladesh
- No
Bahrain
- No
Bahamas
- No
Vanuatu
- No
Austria
- No
Venezuela
- No
Armenia
- No
Vietnam
- No
Antigua and Barbuda
- No
Yemen
- No
Andorra
- No
Zambia
- No
Chad
- No
Turkmenistan
- No
China
- No
Czech Republic
- No
Sri Lanka
- No
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No
Ethiopia
- No
Estonia
- No
Eritrea
- No
Sudan
- No
Egypt
- No
Ecuador
- No
Tunisia
- No
Syria
- No
Switzerland
- No
Tajikistan
- No
Timor-Leste
- No
Tonga
- No
Republic of the Congo
- No
Pakistan
- No
Thailand
- No
Slovakia
- Yes
Togo
- Yes
Trinidad and Tobago
- Yes
St. Kitts and Nevis
- Yes
St. Lucia
- Yes
Serbia
- Yes
Spain
- Yes
Somalia
- Yes
United Kingdom
- Yes
Peru
- Yes
Samoa
- Yes
Suriname
- Yes
Tanzania
- Yes
Rwanda
- Yes
Portugal
- Yes
Uganda
- Yes
Eswatini
- Yes
United States of America
- Yes
Sweden
- Yes
Slovenia
- Yes
Liberia
- Yes
Norway
- Yes
Chile
- Yes
Dominican Republic
- Yes
Dominica
- Yes
Djibouti
- Yes
Denmark
- Yes
Cyprus
- Yes
Cuba
- Yes
Croatia
- Yes
Cote d'Ivoire
- Yes
Costa Rica
- Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Yes
Comoros
- Yes
Colombia
- Yes
Cabo Verde
- Yes
Equatorial Guinea
- Yes
Canada
- Yes
Burkina Faso
- Yes
Brazil
- Yes
Botswana
- Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Yes
Belgium
- Yes
Belarus
- Yes
Barbados
- Yes
Azerbaijan
- Yes
Australia
- Yes
Argentina
- Yes
Angola
- Yes
Algeria
- Yes
El Salvador
- Yes
Fiji
- Yes
Niger
- Yes
Lesotho
- Yes
New Zealand
- Yes
Namibia
- Yes
Mozambique
- Yes
Morocco
- Yes
Montenegro
- Yes
Moldova
- Yes
Mexico
- Yes
Mauritius
- Yes
Mauritania
- Yes
Madagascar
- Yes
North Macedonia
- Yes
Luxembourg
- Yes
Latvia
- Yes
Finland
- Yes
Republic of Korea
- Yes
Kiribati
- Yes
Kenya
- Yes
Israel
- Yes
Ireland
- Yes
Hungary
- Yes
Guyana
- Yes
Guinea
- Yes
Grenada
- Yes
Georgia
- Yes
The Gambia
- Yes
Gabon
- Yes
France
- Yes
Zimbabwe
- Yes
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