WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Does legislation explicitly prohibit discriminatory workplace harassment on the basis of religion?

The term “religion” includes references to ‘creed’, ‘religious belief’, ‘religious opinion’, ‘religious adherence’, ‘religious community’ or ‘confession’. For the purposes of this variable, the term “religion” 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 religion. 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 religion.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of religion broadly protects individuals from workplace discrimination on the basis of religion, but does not explicitly address workplace harassment. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Yes, religion-specific prohibition means that legislation either extends: a) an explicit prohibition of discriminatory harassment on the basis of religion, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of religion alongside a general prohibition of discriminatory harassment to all workers

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Brazil - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Israel - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Liechtenstein - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Syria - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Algeria - General prohibition of harassment

Cambodia - General prohibition of harassment

Democratic Republic of the Congo - General prohibition of harassment

Djibouti - General prohibition of harassment

Guinea - General prohibition of harassment

Monaco - General prohibition of harassment

San Marino - General prohibition of harassment

Singapore - General prohibition of harassment

Angola - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Antigua and Barbuda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Armenia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Azerbaijan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Bahamas - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Bahrain - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Belarus - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Belize - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Burkina Faso - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

China - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Costa Rica - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Cuba - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Dominican Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Equatorial Guinea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Eritrea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Ethiopia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Fiji - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Ghana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Grenada - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Guatemala - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Guinea-Bissau - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Guyana - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Indonesia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Kazakhstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Kiribati - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Republic of Korea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Lesotho - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Liberia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Malawi - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Maldives - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Mali - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Mauritania - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Morocco - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Namibia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Nepal - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

New Zealand - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Nicaragua - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Niger - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Panama - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Paraguay - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Russian Federation - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Rwanda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Somalia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

St. Lucia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Suriname - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Eswatini - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Tajikistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Togo - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Turkmenistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Tuvalu - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Uganda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Ukraine - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Uzbekistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Yemen - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Zambia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Zimbabwe - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on religion

Albania - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Andorra - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Argentina - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Australia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Austria - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Barbados - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Bolivia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Burundi - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Canada - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Cabo Verde - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Central African Republic - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Chile - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Colombia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Comoros - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Croatia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Czech Republic - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Denmark - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Ecuador - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

El Salvador - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Finland - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

France - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Gabon - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Germany - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Greece - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Honduras - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Iceland - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Iraq - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Italy - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Kenya - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Latvia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Lithuania - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Luxembourg - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Malta - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Mauritius - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Moldova - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Mozambique - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

The Netherlands - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Norway - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Peru - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Poland - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Romania - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Seychelles - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Sweden - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Timor-Leste - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Türkiye - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

United States of America - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Venezuela - Yes, religion-specific prohibition

Vietnam - Yes, religion-specific prohibition