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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in terminations 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.
Terminations
includes explicit legislative prohibitions against discriminatory terminations or dismissals from the workplace, or guarantees of continuance of employment.
No prohibition
means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discrimination in terminations on the basis of migrant status. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.
General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
means that legislation prohibits discrimination in terminations generally— for example, by prohibiting discrimination based on “any status” or stating no worker may be discriminated against. This general prohibition is not specifically extended on the basis of migrant status.
Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of migrant status, but does not explicitly address terminations. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.
Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
means that legislation either extends: a) an explicit prohibition of discriminatory terminations on the basis of migrant status, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of migrant status alongside a general prohibition of discriminatory termination to all workers.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No prohibition
Algeria
- No prohibition
Antigua and Barbuda
- No prohibition
Australia
- No prohibition
Austria
- No prohibition
Bahamas
- No prohibition
Bahrain
- No prohibition
Bangladesh
- No prohibition
Barbados
- No prohibition
Belarus
- No prohibition
Benin
- No prohibition
Bhutan
- No prohibition
Bolivia
- No prohibition
Brunei
- No prohibition
Cameroon
- No prohibition
Canada
- No prohibition
China
- No prohibition
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- No prohibition
Republic of the Congo
- No prohibition
Cote d'Ivoire
- No prohibition
Croatia
- No prohibition
Cuba
- No prohibition
Denmark
- No prohibition
Dominica
- No prohibition
Dominican Republic
- No prohibition
Egypt
- No prohibition
El Salvador
- No prohibition
Equatorial Guinea
- No prohibition
Fiji
- No prohibition
France
- No prohibition
The Gambia
- No prohibition
Ghana
- No prohibition
Greece
- No prohibition
Greenland
- No prohibition
Grenada
- No prohibition
Guatemala
- No prohibition
Guinea
- No prohibition
Guyana
- No prohibition
Haiti
- No prohibition
Honduras
- No prohibition
Iceland
- No prohibition
India
- No prohibition
Indonesia
- No prohibition
Iran
- No prohibition
Jamaica
- No prohibition
Japan
- No prohibition
Jordan
- No prohibition
Kiribati
- No prohibition
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No prohibition
Kuwait
- No prohibition
Laos
- No prohibition
Lebanon
- No prohibition
Lesotho
- No prohibition
Libya
- No prohibition
Liechtenstein
- No prohibition
Luxembourg
- No prohibition
Madagascar
- No prohibition
Malaysia
- No prohibition
Mali
- No prohibition
Marshall Islands
- No prohibition
Mauritania
- No prohibition
Mauritius
- No prohibition
Micronesia, Federated States of
- No prohibition
Monaco
- No prohibition
Morocco
- No prohibition
Myanmar
- No prohibition
Nauru
- No prohibition
Nepal
- No prohibition
Niger
- No prohibition
Nigeria
- No prohibition
Norway
- No prohibition
Oman
- No prohibition
Pakistan
- No prohibition
Palau
- No prohibition
Panama
- No prohibition
Papua New Guinea
- No prohibition
The Philippines
- No prohibition
Qatar
- No prohibition
Rwanda
- No prohibition
Samoa
- No prohibition
San Marino
- No prohibition
Saudi Arabia
- No prohibition
Senegal
- No prohibition
Sierra Leone
- No prohibition
Singapore
- No prohibition
Solomon Islands
- No prohibition
Somalia
- No prohibition
South Sudan
- No prohibition
Spain
- No prohibition
Sri Lanka
- No prohibition
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No prohibition
St. Lucia
- No prohibition
Sudan
- No prohibition
Suriname
- No prohibition
Sweden
- No prohibition
Thailand
- No prohibition
Togo
- No prohibition
Tonga
- No prohibition
Trinidad and Tobago
- No prohibition
Tunisia
- No prohibition
Tuvalu
- No prohibition
United States of America
- No prohibition
Uruguay
- No prohibition
Vanuatu
- No prohibition
Yemen
- No prohibition
Zimbabwe
- No prohibition
Albania
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Botswana
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Brazil
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Burkina Faso
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Costa Rica
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Ecuador
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Latvia
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Peru
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
South Africa
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Eswatini
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Switzerland
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Syria
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Türkiye
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
United Arab Emirates
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Argentina
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Burundi
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Central African Republic
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Colombia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Czech Republic
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Finland
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Gabon
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Germany
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Guinea-Bissau
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Italy
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Kazakhstan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Republic of Korea
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Kyrgyzstan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Mongolia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Mozambique
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Nicaragua
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Paraguay
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Russian Federation
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Sao Tome and Principe
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Tajikistan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Uzbekistan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Venezuela
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Vietnam
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Andorra
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Angola
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Armenia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Azerbaijan
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Belgium
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Belize
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Bulgaria
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Cambodia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Cabo Verde
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Chad
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Chile
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Comoros
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Cyprus
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Djibouti
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Eritrea
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Estonia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Ethiopia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Georgia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Hungary
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Iraq
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Ireland
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Israel
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Kenya
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Liberia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Lithuania
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
North Macedonia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Malawi
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Maldives
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Malta
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Mexico
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Moldova
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Montenegro
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Namibia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
The Netherlands
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
New Zealand
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Poland
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Portugal
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Romania
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Serbia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Seychelles
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Slovakia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Slovenia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Tanzania
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Timor-Leste
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Turkmenistan
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Uganda
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Ukraine
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
United Kingdom
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Zambia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
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