WORLD Policy Analysis Center

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

The term “migrant status” includes references to ‘internal migrants’, ‘foreign migrant workers’, ‘immigrant status’, foreign citizens, and ‘economic migrants.’ For the purposes of this variable, the term “migrant status” captures all of these definitions.

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

Albania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Algeria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Australia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Austria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Bahamas - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Bahrain - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Barbados - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

Bhutan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Botswana - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Burkina Faso - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Canada - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

China - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

Costa Rica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Croatia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Denmark - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Dominica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

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

Fiji - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

The Gambia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Greece - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Grenada - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Guatemala - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Guyana - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Haiti - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

Indonesia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

Kiribati - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

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

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

Lesotho - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Liechtenstein - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Luxembourg - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

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

Marshall Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Mauritius - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

Morocco - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

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

Niger - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

The Philippines - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Qatar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Samoa - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Africa - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Spain - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

St. Kitts and Nevis - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

St. Lucia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Suriname - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Eswatini - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

Switzerland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

Trinidad and Tobago - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Tunisia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Türkiye - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Tuvalu - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

United States of America - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Uruguay - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

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

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

Andorra - No explicit requirements

Angola - No explicit requirements

Argentina - No explicit requirements

Armenia - No explicit requirements

Azerbaijan - No explicit requirements

Belize - No explicit requirements

Bolivia - No explicit requirements

Brazil - No explicit requirements

Burundi - No explicit requirements

Cabo Verde - No explicit requirements

Central African Republic - No explicit requirements

Chad - No explicit requirements

Chile - No explicit requirements

Colombia - No explicit requirements

Comoros - No explicit requirements

Cyprus - No explicit requirements

Djibouti - No explicit requirements

El Salvador - No explicit requirements

Eritrea - No explicit requirements

Ethiopia - No explicit requirements

Gabon - No explicit requirements

Germany - No explicit requirements

Guinea-Bissau - No explicit requirements

Honduras - No explicit requirements

Hungary - No explicit requirements

Iran - No explicit requirements

Ireland - No explicit requirements

Israel - No explicit requirements

Italy - No explicit requirements

Japan - No explicit requirements

Kazakhstan - No explicit requirements

Kyrgyzstan - No explicit requirements

Laos - No explicit requirements

Liberia - 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

Mozambique - No explicit requirements

Namibia - No explicit requirements

The Netherlands - No explicit requirements

New Zealand - No explicit requirements

Nicaragua - No explicit requirements

Paraguay - No explicit requirements

Portugal - No explicit requirements

Russian Federation - No explicit requirements

Sao Tome and Principe - No explicit requirements

Serbia - No explicit requirements

Seychelles - No explicit requirements

Somalia - No explicit requirements

South Sudan - No explicit requirements

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No explicit requirements

Syria - No explicit requirements

Tajikistan - No explicit requirements

Timor-Leste - No explicit requirements

Togo - No explicit requirements

Turkmenistan - No explicit requirements

Uganda - No explicit requirements

Ukraine - No explicit requirements

United Kingdom - No explicit requirements

Venezuela - No explicit requirements

Yemen - No explicit requirements

Czech Republic - General requirement, but no specific measures

Iraq - General requirement, but no specific measures

Slovakia - General requirement, but no specific measures

Belgium - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Bulgaria - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Cambodia - 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

Estonia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Finland - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Georgia - 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

Lithuania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Moldova - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Mongolia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Poland - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Romania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Slovenia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Tanzania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Uzbekistan - 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