WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Are employers required to take steps to prevent workplace discrimination on the basis of foreign national origin?

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 prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin indicates that legislation does not specifically prohibit foreign national origin-based workplace discrimination broadly, nor specifically against discrimination in hiring, promotions and/or demotions, training, pay, nor terminations. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.

No explicit requirements means that legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of foreign national origin-based workplace discrimination, 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 foreign national origin-based workplace discrimination, but there are no specific descriptions of the form that this prevention should take.

Employers required to take one or more measures means that employers are explicitly required to take at least one concrete preventive action against foreign national origin-based workplace discrimination, such as, for example, providing training to employees, developing a code of conduct, or raising awareness of existing legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Albania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Andorra - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Antigua and Barbuda - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Austria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Bahamas - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Bahrain - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Bangladesh - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Belize - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Benin - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Bhutan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Brunei - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Bulgaria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Burundi - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Cambodia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Cameroon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Central African Republic - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Chad - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

China - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Republic of the Congo - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Czech Republic - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Egypt - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Eritrea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Estonia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Ethiopia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Germany - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Ghana - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Greenland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Guatemala - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Guinea-Bissau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Haiti - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Iceland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

India - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Indonesia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Iran - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Iraq - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Italy - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Jamaica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Japan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Jordan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Kazakhstan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Kuwait - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Kyrgyzstan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Laos - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Lebanon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Libya - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Liechtenstein - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Lithuania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Malawi - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Malaysia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Maldives - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Malta - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Marshall Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Micronesia, Federated States of - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Monaco - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Mongolia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Myanmar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Nauru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Nepal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

The Netherlands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Nicaragua - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Nigeria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Oman - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Pakistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Palau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Panama - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Papua New Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Paraguay - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

The Philippines - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Poland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Qatar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Romania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Russian Federation - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

San Marino - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Saudi Arabia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Senegal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Seychelles - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Sierra Leone - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Singapore - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Solomon Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

South Africa - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Sri Lanka - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Sudan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Switzerland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Tajikistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Thailand - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Timor-Leste - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Tonga - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Tunisia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Türkiye - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Turkmenistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Ukraine - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

United Arab Emirates - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Uruguay - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Uzbekistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Vanuatu - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Venezuela - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Vietnam - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Yemen - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin

Algeria - No explicit requirements

Angola - No explicit requirements

Argentina - No explicit requirements

Armenia - No explicit requirements

Australia - No explicit requirements

Azerbaijan - No explicit requirements

Barbados - No explicit requirements

Belarus - No explicit requirements

Bolivia - No explicit requirements

Botswana - No explicit requirements

Brazil - No explicit requirements

Burkina Faso - No explicit requirements

Canada - No explicit requirements

Cabo Verde - No explicit requirements

Chile - No explicit requirements

Comoros - No explicit requirements

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No explicit requirements

Costa Rica - No explicit requirements

Croatia - No explicit requirements

Cuba - No explicit requirements

Cyprus - No explicit requirements

Denmark - No explicit requirements

Djibouti - No explicit requirements

Dominica - No explicit requirements

Dominican Republic - No explicit requirements

El Salvador - No explicit requirements

Equatorial Guinea - No explicit requirements

Fiji - No explicit requirements

Finland - No explicit requirements

Gabon - No explicit requirements

The Gambia - No explicit requirements

Grenada - No explicit requirements

Guinea - No explicit requirements

Guyana - No explicit requirements

Honduras - No explicit requirements

Hungary - No explicit requirements

Ireland - No explicit requirements

Israel - No explicit requirements

Kiribati - No explicit requirements

Republic of Korea - No explicit requirements

Latvia - No explicit requirements

Lesotho - No explicit requirements

Liberia - No explicit requirements

Luxembourg - No explicit requirements

North Macedonia - No explicit requirements

Madagascar - No explicit requirements

Mali - No explicit requirements

Mauritania - No explicit requirements

Mexico - No explicit requirements

Montenegro - No explicit requirements

Morocco - No explicit requirements

Mozambique - No explicit requirements

Namibia - No explicit requirements

New Zealand - No explicit requirements

Niger - No explicit requirements

Peru - No explicit requirements

Portugal - No explicit requirements

Rwanda - No explicit requirements

Samoa - No explicit requirements

Sao Tome and Principe - No explicit requirements

Serbia - No explicit requirements

Somalia - No explicit requirements

South Sudan - No explicit requirements

Spain - No explicit requirements

St. Kitts and Nevis - No explicit requirements

St. Lucia - No explicit requirements

Suriname - No explicit requirements

Eswatini - No explicit requirements

Syria - No explicit requirements

Trinidad and Tobago - No explicit requirements

Tuvalu - No explicit requirements

Uganda - No explicit requirements

United Kingdom - No explicit requirements

United States of America - No explicit requirements

Zimbabwe - No explicit requirements

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General requirement, but no specific measures

Norway - General requirement, but no specific measures

Slovakia - General requirement, but no specific measures

Togo - General requirement, but no specific measures

Belgium - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Colombia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

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

Ecuador - 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

Greece - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Kenya - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Mauritius - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Moldova - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Slovenia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Sweden - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Tanzania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Zambia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures