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