WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Does legislation explicitly prohibit discriminatory workplace harassment 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.

Discriminatory harassment includes explicit legislative prohibitions against harassment at the workplace.

No prohibition means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discriminatory harassment on the basis of migrant status. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.

General prohibition of harassment means that legislation prohibits discriminatory harassment 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 on the basis of migrant status broadly protects individuals from workplace discrimination on the basis of migrant status, but does not explicitly address workplace harassment. 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 harassment 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 harassment to all workers.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - 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

Botswana - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Burkina Faso - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Costa Rica - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Cyprus - No prohibition

Denmark - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Fiji - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Greece - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Grenada - No prohibition

Guatemala - No prohibition

Guyana - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Israel - 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

Maldives - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - 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

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - 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

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Syria - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Türkiye - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Albania - General prohibition of harassment

Algeria - General prohibition of harassment

Australia - General prohibition of harassment

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General prohibition of harassment

Comoros - General prohibition of harassment

Democratic Republic of the Congo - General prohibition of harassment

Croatia - General prohibition of harassment

Djibouti - General prohibition of harassment

El Salvador - General prohibition of harassment

France - General prohibition of harassment

Guinea - General prohibition of harassment

Honduras - General prohibition of harassment

Latvia - General prohibition of harassment

Malta - General prohibition of harassment

Mauritius - General prohibition of harassment

Monaco - General prohibition of harassment

Norway - General prohibition of harassment

Peru - General prohibition of harassment

San Marino - General prohibition of harassment

Singapore - General prohibition of harassment

South Africa - General prohibition of harassment

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Belize - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Central African Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Eritrea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Ethiopia - 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

Liberia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Malawi - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Namibia - 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

Tajikistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Turkmenistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Ukraine - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Uzbekistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Zambia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Andorra - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Argentina - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Bolivia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Burundi - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Cambodia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Cabo Verde - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Chile - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Colombia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Czech Republic - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Ecuador - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Finland - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Gabon - 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

Kenya - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Lithuania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Moldova - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Mozambique - 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

Sao Tome and Principe - 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

Tanzania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Timor-Leste - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Venezuela - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Vietnam - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition