WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Are employers required to take steps to prevent workplace discrimination on the basis of marital status?

The term “marital status” includes references to ‘civil status’, ‘married’, ‘relationship status’, ‘personal status,” or whether employees have a husband or wife.

No prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status indicates that legislation does not specifically prohibit marital status-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 marital status-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 marital status-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 marital status-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 marital status

Andorra - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Antigua and Barbuda - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Bangladesh - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Belarus - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Benin - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Brunei - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Burundi - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cambodia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cameroon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cabo Verde - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Central African Republic - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Chad - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Colombia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Republic of the Congo - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cote d'Ivoire - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cuba - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Djibouti - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Dominican Republic - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Egypt - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Equatorial Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Estonia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Finland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

France - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Gabon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Germany - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Ghana - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Greenland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Hungary - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Iceland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

India - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Iran - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Iraq - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Jamaica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Jordan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Kazakhstan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Kuwait - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Latvia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Lebanon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Libya - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Madagascar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Malaysia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Mali - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Mauritania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Micronesia, Federated States of - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Moldova - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Monaco - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Myanmar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Nauru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Nepal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Nigeria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Norway - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Oman - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Pakistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Palau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Panama - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Papua New Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Paraguay - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Poland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Russian Federation - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Rwanda - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

San Marino - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Saudi Arabia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Senegal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Seychelles - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Sierra Leone - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Singapore - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Solomon Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Somalia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Sri Lanka - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Sudan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Sweden - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Thailand - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Togo - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Tonga - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Turkmenistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

United Arab Emirates - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Vanuatu - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Yemen - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Zimbabwe - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Algeria - No explicit requirements

Angola - No explicit requirements

Argentina - No explicit requirements

Armenia - No explicit requirements

Australia - No explicit requirements

Austria - No explicit requirements

Azerbaijan - No explicit requirements

Bahamas - No explicit requirements

Bahrain - No explicit requirements

Belize - No explicit requirements

Bolivia - No explicit requirements

Botswana - No explicit requirements

Brazil - No explicit requirements

Burkina Faso - No explicit requirements

Canada - No explicit requirements

Chile - No explicit requirements

China - No explicit requirements

Comoros - No explicit requirements

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No explicit requirements

Costa Rica - No explicit requirements

Czech Republic - No explicit requirements

Denmark - No explicit requirements

Dominica - No explicit requirements

El Salvador - No explicit requirements

Eritrea - No explicit requirements

Ethiopia - No explicit requirements

Fiji - No explicit requirements

The Gambia - No explicit requirements

Grenada - No explicit requirements

Guatemala - No explicit requirements

Guinea-Bissau - No explicit requirements

Guyana - No explicit requirements

Haiti - No explicit requirements

Honduras - No explicit requirements

Indonesia - No explicit requirements

Ireland - No explicit requirements

Israel - No explicit requirements

Italy - No explicit requirements

Japan - No explicit requirements

Kiribati - No explicit requirements

Kyrgyzstan - No explicit requirements

Laos - No explicit requirements

Lesotho - No explicit requirements

Liberia - No explicit requirements

Liechtenstein - No explicit requirements

Luxembourg - No explicit requirements

North Macedonia - No explicit requirements

Malawi - No explicit requirements

Maldives - No explicit requirements

Malta - No explicit requirements

Mexico - No explicit requirements

Montenegro - No explicit requirements

Morocco - No explicit requirements

Mozambique - No explicit requirements

Namibia - No explicit requirements

The Netherlands - No explicit requirements

New Zealand - No explicit requirements

Nicaragua - No explicit requirements

Niger - No explicit requirements

The Philippines - No explicit requirements

Portugal - No explicit requirements

Qatar - No explicit requirements

Samoa - No explicit requirements

Sao Tome and Principe - No explicit requirements

Serbia - No explicit requirements

Slovenia - No explicit requirements

South Sudan - No explicit requirements

St. Kitts and Nevis - No explicit requirements

St. Lucia - No explicit requirements

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No explicit requirements

Suriname - No explicit requirements

Eswatini - No explicit requirements

Switzerland - No explicit requirements

Syria - No explicit requirements

Tajikistan - No explicit requirements

Timor-Leste - No explicit requirements

Trinidad and Tobago - No explicit requirements

Tunisia - No explicit requirements

Türkiye - No explicit requirements

Tuvalu - No explicit requirements

Uganda - No explicit requirements

Ukraine - No explicit requirements

United Kingdom - No explicit requirements

United States of America - No explicit requirements

Uruguay - No explicit requirements

Uzbekistan - No explicit requirements

Venezuela - No explicit requirements

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General requirement, but no specific measures

Republic of Korea - General requirement, but no specific measures

Peru - General requirement, but no specific measures

Slovakia - 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

Croatia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Cyprus - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Ecuador - 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

Lithuania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

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

Mauritius - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Mongolia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Romania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

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

Spain - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Tanzania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Vietnam - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Zambia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures