WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Are employers required to take steps to prevent workplace discrimination on the basis of political affiliation?

The term “political affiliation” includes references to ‘political beliefs,’ ‘political convictions,’ or ‘political party affiliation.’ For the purposes of this variable, the term “political affiliation” captures all of these definitions.

No prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation indicates that legislation does not specifically prohibit political affiliation-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 political affiliation-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 political affiliation-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 political affiliation-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 political affiliation

Austria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Bahrain - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Bangladesh - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Botswana - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Brazil - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Brunei - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Cameroon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Canada - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

China - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Cuba - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Estonia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Greece - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Greenland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Iceland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

India - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Jamaica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Japan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Jordan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Kazakhstan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Republic of Korea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Kuwait - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Laos - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Lebanon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Libya - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Liechtenstein - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Malaysia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Marshall Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Micronesia, Federated States of - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Monaco - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Myanmar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Nauru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Nepal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Nigeria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Oman - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Pakistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Palau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Papua New Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Peru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

The Philippines - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Qatar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Russian Federation - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Rwanda - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

San Marino - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Saudi Arabia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Senegal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Sierra Leone - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Singapore - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Solomon Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Sri Lanka - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Sudan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Sweden - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Switzerland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Thailand - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Tonga - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Trinidad and Tobago - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Tunisia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

United Arab Emirates - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

United Kingdom - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

United States of America - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Uruguay - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Uzbekistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Vanuatu - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Vietnam - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Yemen - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on political affiliation

Algeria - No explicit requirements

Andorra - No explicit requirements

Angola - No explicit requirements

Antigua and Barbuda - No explicit requirements

Argentina - No explicit requirements

Armenia - No explicit requirements

Australia - No explicit requirements

Azerbaijan - No explicit requirements

Bahamas - No explicit requirements

Belarus - No explicit requirements

Belize - No explicit requirements

Benin - No explicit requirements

Bolivia - No explicit requirements

Burkina Faso - 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

Comoros - No explicit requirements

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No explicit requirements

Republic of the Congo - No explicit requirements

Costa Rica - No explicit requirements

Croatia - No explicit requirements

Cyprus - No explicit requirements

Czech Republic - No explicit requirements

Denmark - No explicit requirements

Djibouti - No explicit requirements

Dominica - No explicit requirements

Dominican Republic - No explicit requirements

Egypt - No explicit requirements

El Salvador - No explicit requirements

Equatorial Guinea - No explicit requirements

Eritrea - No explicit requirements

Ethiopia - No explicit requirements

Fiji - No explicit requirements

Gabon - No explicit requirements

The Gambia - No explicit requirements

Germany - No explicit requirements

Ghana - No explicit requirements

Grenada - No explicit requirements

Guatemala - No explicit requirements

Guinea - No explicit requirements

Guinea-Bissau - No explicit requirements

Guyana - No explicit requirements

Haiti - No explicit requirements

Honduras - No explicit requirements

Hungary - No explicit requirements

Indonesia - No explicit requirements

Iran - No explicit requirements

Ireland - No explicit requirements

Israel - No explicit requirements

Italy - No explicit requirements

Kiribati - No explicit requirements

Kyrgyzstan - 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

Malawi - No explicit requirements

Maldives - No explicit requirements

Mali - No explicit requirements

Malta - 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

The Netherlands - No explicit requirements

New Zealand - No explicit requirements

Nicaragua - No explicit requirements

Niger - No explicit requirements

Panama - No explicit requirements

Paraguay - No explicit requirements

Portugal - No explicit requirements

Samoa - No explicit requirements

Sao Tome and Principe - No explicit requirements

Serbia - No explicit requirements

Seychelles - No explicit requirements

Slovenia - 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

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No explicit requirements

Suriname - No explicit requirements

Eswatini - No explicit requirements

Syria - No explicit requirements

Tajikistan - No explicit requirements

Timor-Leste - No explicit requirements

Türkiye - No explicit requirements

Turkmenistan - No explicit requirements

Tuvalu - No explicit requirements

Uganda - No explicit requirements

Ukraine - No explicit requirements

Venezuela - No explicit requirements

Zimbabwe - No explicit requirements

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General requirement, but no specific measures

Iraq - General requirement, but no specific measures

Slovakia - General requirement, but no specific measures

Togo - 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

Cambodia - 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

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

Kenya - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Lithuania - 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

Mongolia - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Norway - 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

South Africa - 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