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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

Laos - No

Kyrgyzstan - No

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No

- No

Sierra Leone - No

Kazakhstan - No

Japan - No

Iraq - No

Iran - No

India - No

Haiti - No

Solomon Islands - No

Guinea-Bissau - No

South Africa - No

Palau - No

Saudi Arabia - No

Libya - No

Oman - No

Papua New Guinea - No

The Netherlands - No

Nepal - No

Nauru - No

The Philippines - No

Liechtenstein - No

Qatar - No

Federated States of Micronesia - No

Russian Federation - No

Marshall Islands - No

Malta - No

Mali - No

San Marino - No

Sao Tome and Principe - No

Ghana - No

South Sudan - No

Central African Republic - No

United Arab Emirates - No

Benin - No

Uzbekistan - No

Bangladesh - No

Antigua and Barbuda - No

Yemen - No

Chad - No

Turkmenistan - No

China - No

Czech Republic - No

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No

Sudan - No

Egypt - No

Syria - No

Switzerland - No

Tajikistan - No

Timor-Leste - No

Tonga - No

Republic of the Congo - No

Togo - Yes

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes

St. Kitts and Nevis - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

Serbia - Yes

Spain - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

Peru - Yes

Samoa - Yes

Rwanda - Yes

Uganda - Yes

United States of America - Yes

Sweden - Yes

Norway - Yes

Chile - Yes

Dominican Republic - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Cuba - Yes

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Cabo Verde - Yes

Equatorial Guinea - Yes

Canada - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

Azerbaijan - Yes

Australia - Yes

Argentina - Yes

Angola - Yes

El Salvador - Yes

Fiji - Yes

Niger - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

Mozambique - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Mauritania - Yes

Madagascar - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

Latvia - Yes

Republic of Korea - Yes

Kenya - Yes

Israel - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Guinea - Yes

The Gambia - Yes

Gabon - Yes

France - Yes