WORLD Policy Analysis Center

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

The term “sex characteristics” includes terms such as “sex characteristics”, “sexual characteristics”, “intersex characteristics”, “intersex status”, or “person with intersex variations”.

No prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics indicates that legislation does not specifically prohibit sex characteristics-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 sex characteristics-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 sex characteristics-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 sex characteristics-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 sex characteristics

Andorra - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Angola - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Antigua and Barbuda - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Argentina - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Armenia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Austria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Azerbaijan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Bahamas - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Bahrain - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Bangladesh - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Barbados - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Belarus - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Belize - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Benin - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Bhutan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Bolivia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Botswana - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Brazil - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Brunei - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Bulgaria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Burkina Faso - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Burundi - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Cambodia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Cameroon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Canada - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Cabo Verde - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Central African Republic - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Chad - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Chile - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

China - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Colombia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Comoros - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Republic of the Congo - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Costa Rica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Cote d'Ivoire - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Croatia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Cuba - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Cyprus - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Czech Republic - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Djibouti - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Dominica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Dominican Republic - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Ecuador - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Egypt - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

El Salvador - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Equatorial Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Eritrea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Estonia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Ethiopia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Fiji - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Finland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

France - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Gabon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

The Gambia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Georgia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Germany - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Ghana - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Greenland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Grenada - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Guatemala - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Guinea-Bissau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Guyana - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Haiti - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Honduras - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Hungary - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Indonesia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Iran - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Iraq - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Ireland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Israel - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Italy - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Jamaica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Japan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Jordan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Kazakhstan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Kenya - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Kiribati - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Republic of Korea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Kuwait - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Kyrgyzstan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Laos - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Latvia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Lebanon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Lesotho - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Liberia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Libya - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Liechtenstein - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Lithuania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Luxembourg - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

North Macedonia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Madagascar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Malawi - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Malaysia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Maldives - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Mali - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Marshall Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Mauritania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Mauritius - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Mexico - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Micronesia, Federated States of - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Moldova - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Monaco - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Mongolia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Morocco - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Mozambique - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Myanmar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Namibia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Nauru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Nepal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

New Zealand - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Nicaragua - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Niger - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Nigeria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Norway - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Oman - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Palau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Panama - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Papua New Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Paraguay - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Peru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

The Philippines - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Poland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Portugal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Qatar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Romania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Russian Federation - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Rwanda - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Samoa - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

San Marino - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Sao Tome and Principe - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Saudi Arabia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Senegal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Seychelles - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Sierra Leone - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Singapore - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Slovakia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Slovenia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Solomon Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Somalia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

South Africa - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

South Sudan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Sri Lanka - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

St. Kitts and Nevis - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

St. Lucia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Sudan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Suriname - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Eswatini - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Sweden - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Switzerland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Syria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Tajikistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Tanzania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Thailand - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Timor-Leste - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Togo - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Tonga - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Trinidad and Tobago - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Tunisia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Türkiye - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Turkmenistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Tuvalu - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Uganda - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Ukraine - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

United Arab Emirates - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

United Kingdom - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

United States of America - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Uruguay - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Uzbekistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Vanuatu - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Venezuela - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Vietnam - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Yemen - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Zambia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Zimbabwe - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex characteristics

Australia - No explicit requirements

Belgium - No explicit requirements

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No explicit requirements

Denmark - No explicit requirements

India - No explicit requirements

Malta - No explicit requirements

Montenegro - No explicit requirements

The Netherlands - No explicit requirements

Pakistan - No explicit requirements

Serbia - No explicit requirements

Iceland - General requirement, but no specific measures

Albania - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Greece - Employers required to take one or more specific measures

Spain - Employers required to take one or more specific measures