WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Is job protection guaranteed throughout paid leave reserved for fathers?

This variable includes only paid leave reserved for fathers of infants or for the birth mother’s spouse or partner.

Job protection can take the form of explicit legislative prohibitions of discriminatory dismissal during paid leave, guarantees to the same or equal position upon return from leave, or the prohibition of dismissals for parents of young children (under age 3).

Countries

Antigua and Barbuda - No paid leave

Armenia - No paid leave

Azerbaijan - No paid leave

Bahamas - No paid leave

Bangladesh - No paid leave

Barbados - No paid leave

Belarus - No paid leave

Belize - No paid leave

Botswana - No paid leave

Brunei - No paid leave

Cambodia - No paid leave

Cameroon - No paid leave

Canada - No paid leave

Central African Republic - No paid leave

Comoros - No paid leave

Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Costa Rica - No paid leave

Cuba - No paid leave

Dominica - No paid leave

Egypt - No paid leave

Eritrea - No paid leave

Georgia - No paid leave

Germany - No paid leave

Ghana - No paid leave

Grenada - No paid leave

Guinea - No paid leave

Guinea-Bissau - No paid leave

Guyana - No paid leave

Haiti - No paid leave

Honduras - No paid leave

India - No paid leave

Iran - No paid leave

Iraq - No paid leave

Israel - No paid leave

Jamaica - No paid leave

Kazakhstan - No paid leave

Kiribati - No paid leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Kuwait - No paid leave

Kyrgyzstan - No paid leave

Laos - No paid leave

Lebanon - No paid leave

Lesotho - No paid leave

Liberia - No paid leave

Libya - No paid leave

Liechtenstein - No paid leave

Madagascar - No paid leave

Malaysia - No paid leave

Marshall Islands - No paid leave

Micronesia, Federated States of - No paid leave

Namibia - No paid leave

Nauru - No paid leave

New Zealand - No paid leave

Niger - No paid leave

Nigeria - No paid leave

Oman - No paid leave

Pakistan - No paid leave

Palau - No paid leave

Papua New Guinea - No paid leave

Qatar - No paid leave

Russian Federation - No paid leave

San Marino - No paid leave

Sao Tome and Principe - No paid leave

Senegal - No paid leave

Sierra Leone - No paid leave

Solomon Islands - No paid leave

Somalia - No paid leave

Sri Lanka - No paid leave

St. Kitts and Nevis - No paid leave

St. Lucia - No paid leave

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No paid leave

Sudan - No paid leave

Eswatini - No paid leave

Syria - No paid leave

Tajikistan - No paid leave

Thailand - No paid leave

Tonga - No paid leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No paid leave

Turkmenistan - No paid leave

United States of America - No paid leave

Uzbekistan - No paid leave

Vanuatu - No paid leave

Yemen - No paid leave

Zimbabwe - No paid leave

Afghanistan - No explicit job protection

Albania - No explicit job protection

Algeria - No explicit job protection

Argentina - No explicit job protection

Australia - No explicit job protection

Bahrain - No explicit job protection

Benin - No explicit job protection

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No explicit job protection

Burundi - No explicit job protection

Cabo Verde - No explicit job protection

Chad - No explicit job protection

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No explicit job protection

Cote d'Ivoire - No explicit job protection

Croatia - No explicit job protection

Djibouti - No explicit job protection

Dominican Republic - No explicit job protection

Ecuador - No explicit job protection

El Salvador - No explicit job protection

Equatorial Guinea - No explicit job protection

Estonia - No explicit job protection

Ethiopia - No explicit job protection

Fiji - No explicit job protection

Gabon - No explicit job protection

The Gambia - No explicit job protection

Greece - No explicit job protection

Greenland - No explicit job protection

Guatemala - No explicit job protection

Hungary - No explicit job protection

Indonesia - No explicit job protection

Jordan - No explicit job protection

Republic of Korea - No explicit job protection

Luxembourg - No explicit job protection

Malawi - No explicit job protection

Maldives - No explicit job protection

Mali - No explicit job protection

Malta - No explicit job protection

Mauritania - No explicit job protection

Mauritius - No explicit job protection

Mexico - No explicit job protection

Mongolia - No explicit job protection

Montenegro - No explicit job protection

Morocco - No explicit job protection

Mozambique - No explicit job protection

Myanmar - No explicit job protection

Nepal - No explicit job protection

Nicaragua - No explicit job protection

Panama - No explicit job protection

Paraguay - No explicit job protection

Peru - No explicit job protection

The Philippines - No explicit job protection

Saudi Arabia - No explicit job protection

Seychelles - No explicit job protection

Singapore - No explicit job protection

Slovenia - No explicit job protection

Switzerland - No explicit job protection

Tanzania - No explicit job protection

Timor-Leste - No explicit job protection

Togo - No explicit job protection

Tunisia - No explicit job protection

Türkiye - No explicit job protection

Ukraine - No explicit job protection

United Arab Emirates - No explicit job protection

Uruguay - No explicit job protection

Andorra - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Angola - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Austria - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Belgium - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Bhutan - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Bolivia - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Brazil - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Bulgaria - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Burkina Faso - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Chile - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Colombia - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Cyprus - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Czech Republic - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Denmark - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Finland - Job protection guaranteed throughout

France - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Iceland - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Ireland - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Italy - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Japan - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Kenya - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Latvia - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Lithuania - Job protection guaranteed throughout

North Macedonia - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Moldova - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Monaco - Job protection guaranteed throughout

The Netherlands - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Norway - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Poland - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Portugal - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Romania - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Rwanda - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Samoa - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Serbia - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Slovakia - Job protection guaranteed throughout

South Africa - Job protection guaranteed throughout

South Sudan - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Spain - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Suriname - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Sweden - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Tuvalu - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Uganda - Job protection guaranteed throughout

United Kingdom - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Venezuela - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Vietnam - Job protection guaranteed throughout

Zambia - Job protection guaranteed throughout