WORLD Policy Analysis Center

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

The term “pregnancy” includes references to ‘pregnancy’ or ‘potential pregnancy.’ It does not include job protections that narrowly apply to leave-taking alone.

No prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy indicates that legislation does not specifically prohibit pregnancy-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 pregnancy-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 pregnancy-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 pregnancy-based workplace discrimination, such as, for example, providing training to employees, developing a code of conduct, or raising awareness of existing legislation.

Countries

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

Angola - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Georgia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

Guinea-Bissau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sao Tome and Principe - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Afghanistan - No explicit requirements

Andorra - No explicit requirements

Argentina - No explicit requirements

Armenia - No explicit requirements

Australia - No explicit requirements

Azerbaijan - No explicit requirements

Bahamas - No explicit requirements

Bahrain - No explicit requirements

Belarus - No explicit requirements

Belgium - No explicit requirements

Belize - No explicit requirements

Benin - No explicit requirements

Bolivia - No explicit requirements

Brazil - No explicit requirements

Burkina Faso - No explicit requirements

Cabo Verde - No explicit requirements

Chad - No explicit requirements

Chile - No explicit requirements

China - No explicit requirements

Colombia - No explicit requirements

Comoros - No explicit requirements

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No explicit requirements

Costa Rica - No explicit requirements

Cote d'Ivoire - No explicit requirements

Denmark - 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

Ghana - No explicit requirements

Greenland - No explicit requirements

Grenada - No explicit requirements

Guatemala - No explicit requirements

Guinea - No explicit requirements

Guyana - No explicit requirements

Haiti - No explicit requirements

Honduras - No explicit requirements

Hungary - No explicit requirements

Iceland - No explicit requirements

Ireland - No explicit requirements

Israel - No explicit requirements

Italy - No explicit requirements

Japan - No explicit requirements

Kazakhstan - No explicit requirements

Kiribati - No explicit requirements

Kyrgyzstan - 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

Liechtenstein - No explicit requirements

Lithuania - No explicit requirements

Luxembourg - No explicit requirements

North Macedonia - No explicit requirements

Madagascar - No explicit requirements

Malawi - No explicit requirements

Maldives - No explicit requirements

Mexico - 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

Papua New Guinea - No explicit requirements

Paraguay - No explicit requirements

Peru - No explicit requirements

The Philippines - No explicit requirements

Portugal - No explicit requirements

Russian Federation - No explicit requirements

Samoa - No explicit requirements

Saudi Arabia - No explicit requirements

Serbia - No explicit requirements

Seychelles - 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

Eswatini - No explicit requirements

Switzerland - No explicit requirements

Syria - No explicit requirements

Tajikistan - No explicit requirements

Thailand - No explicit requirements

Timor-Leste - No explicit requirements

Togo - No explicit requirements

Türkiye - No explicit requirements

Turkmenistan - No explicit requirements

Tuvalu - No explicit requirements

Uganda - No explicit requirements

Ukraine - No explicit requirements

United Arab Emirates - No explicit requirements

United Kingdom - No explicit requirements

United States of America - No explicit requirements

Uruguay - No explicit requirements

Venezuela - No explicit requirements

Zimbabwe - No explicit requirements

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General requirement, but no specific measures

Czech Republic - General requirement, but no specific measures

Republic of Korea - 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

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

Estonia - 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

Germany - 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

Malta - 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

Montenegro - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Norway - 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

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

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