WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Are employers required to take steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace?

Sexual harassment is not explicitly prohibited indicates that legislation does not specifically prohibit sexual harassment at the workplace, nor does it prohibit sexual harassment perpetrated by a person in a position of authority. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee

No explicit requirements means that legislation does explicitly prohibit sexual harassment at the workplace, but it does not, at the same time, pair this prohibition with an explicit requirement that employers actively prevent it.

General requirement, but no specific measures means that employers are generally required to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, but there are no specific descriptions of the form that this prevention should take.

Employers required to take one or more specific measures means that employers are explicitly required to take at least one concrete preventive action against sexual harassment in the workplace, such as, for example, providing training to employees, developing a code of conduct, or raising awareness of existing legislation.

Countries

Angola - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Belarus - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Botswana - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Brunei - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Canada - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Cuba - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Dominica - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

The Gambia - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Ghana - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Grenada - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Guatemala - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Haiti - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Indonesia - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Iran - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Jamaica - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Japan - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Jordan - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Kazakhstan - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Kuwait - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Mali - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Mauritania - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Myanmar - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Nauru - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Nigeria - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Oman - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Palau - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Qatar - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Russian Federation - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Samoa - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

San Marino - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Seychelles - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Solomon Islands - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Somalia - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Sudan - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Suriname - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Eswatini - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Syria - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Tajikistan - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Tonga - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Turkmenistan - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Vanuatu - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Yemen - No prohibition of workplace sexual harassment

Afghanistan - No explicit requirements

Algeria - No explicit requirements

Andorra - No explicit requirements

Argentina - No explicit requirements

Armenia - No explicit requirements

Australia - No explicit requirements

Austria - No explicit requirements

Bahamas - No explicit requirements

Bahrain - No explicit requirements

Bangladesh - No explicit requirements

Belize - No explicit requirements

Bolivia - No explicit requirements

Brazil - No explicit requirements

Cambodia - No explicit requirements

Cameroon - No explicit requirements

Cabo Verde - No explicit requirements

Central African Republic - No explicit requirements

Chad - No explicit requirements

Chile - No explicit requirements

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No explicit requirements

Denmark - No explicit requirements

Dominican Republic - No explicit requirements

Egypt - No explicit requirements

Equatorial Guinea - No explicit requirements

Eritrea - No explicit requirements

Ethiopia - No explicit requirements

Gabon - No explicit requirements

Greenland - No explicit requirements

Guyana - No explicit requirements

Honduras - No explicit requirements

Hungary - No explicit requirements

Iraq - No explicit requirements

Ireland - No explicit requirements

Laos - No explicit requirements

Latvia - No explicit requirements

Lebanon - No explicit requirements

Lesotho - No explicit requirements

Liberia - No explicit requirements

Libya - No explicit requirements

Madagascar - No explicit requirements

Malaysia - No explicit requirements

Morocco - No explicit requirements

Mozambique - No explicit requirements

Namibia - No explicit requirements

New Zealand - No explicit requirements

Niger - No explicit requirements

Pakistan - No explicit requirements

Panama - No explicit requirements

Papua New Guinea - No explicit requirements

Paraguay - No explicit requirements

Rwanda - No explicit requirements

Sao Tome and Principe - No explicit requirements

Senegal - No explicit requirements

Singapore - No explicit requirements

South Africa - No explicit requirements

Sri Lanka - No explicit requirements

St. Lucia - No explicit requirements

Tanzania - No explicit requirements

Thailand - No explicit requirements

Tunisia - No explicit requirements

United Arab Emirates - No explicit requirements

United Kingdom - No explicit requirements

Uzbekistan - No explicit requirements

Zambia - No explicit requirements

Zimbabwe - No explicit requirements

Azerbaijan - General requirement, but no specific measures

Benin - General requirement, but no specific measures

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General requirement, but no specific measures

Burkina Faso - General requirement, but no specific measures

China - General requirement, but no specific measures

Comoros - General requirement, but no specific measures

Czech Republic - General requirement, but no specific measures

Guinea - General requirement, but no specific measures

Iceland - General requirement, but no specific measures

Kiribati - General requirement, but no specific measures

Kyrgyzstan - General requirement, but no specific measures

Liechtenstein - General requirement, but no specific measures

Lithuania - General requirement, but no specific measures

Mauritius - General requirement, but no specific measures

Nicaragua - General requirement, but no specific measures

Norway - General requirement, but no specific measures

Saudi Arabia - General requirement, but no specific measures

Slovakia - General requirement, but no specific measures

Switzerland - General requirement, but no specific measures

Timor-Leste - General requirement, but no specific measures

Togo - General requirement, but no specific measures

Türkiye - General requirement, but no specific measures

Tuvalu - General requirement, but no specific measures

Ukraine - General requirement, but no specific measures

Albania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Barbados - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Belgium - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Bhutan - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Bulgaria - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Burundi - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Colombia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Costa Rica - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Cote d'Ivoire - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Croatia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Cyprus - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Djibouti - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Ecuador - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

El Salvador - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Estonia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Fiji - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Finland - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

France - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Georgia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Germany - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Greece - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

India - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Israel - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Italy - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Kenya - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Republic of Korea - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Luxembourg - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

North Macedonia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Malawi - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Maldives - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Malta - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Marshall Islands - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Mexico - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Moldova - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Monaco - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Mongolia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Montenegro - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Nepal - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

The Netherlands - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Peru - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

The Philippines - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Poland - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Portugal - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Romania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Serbia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Slovenia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

South Sudan - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Spain - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Sweden - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Uganda - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

United States of America - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Uruguay - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Venezuela - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Vietnam - Employers required to take one or more specific measures