WORLD Policy Analysis Center

What types of retaliation are prohibited for reporting workplace discrimination on the basis of disability?

The term ‘disability’ includes general references to disabilities (‘handicap’, ‘impaired’, or ‘special needs’), or specific mentions of mental, intellectual, sensory, or physical disabilities. For the purposes of this variable, the term “disability” captures all of these definitions.

No prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability indicates that legislation does not specifically prohibit disability-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 prohibition of retaliation means that country legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of disability-based workplace discrimination, but it does not at the same time pair this prohibition with an explicit prohibition of retaliatory action or dismissal for reporting workplace discrimination.

Only dismissal means that there is some prohibition of disability-based workplace discrimination, but legislation only guarantees that workers cannot be dismissed for reporting disability-based discrimination.

Harassment or disciplinary action means that legislation prohibits disability-based workplace discrimination and harassment or disciplinary action for reporting it, but not both, as well as retaliatory dismissal.

Any adverse action means that legislation prohibits disability-based workplace discrimination and guarantees that workers are protected from all forms of adverse action for reporting it.

Countries

Argentina - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Bhutan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Brunei - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Cabo Verde - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Chad - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Comoros - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

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

Dominica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Eritrea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Greenland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Iran - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Iraq - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

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

Libya - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

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

Nauru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Oman - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

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

Solomon Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Somalia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

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

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

Sudan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Switzerland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Syria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Tonga - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Vanuatu - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on disability

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition of retaliation

Azerbaijan - No prohibition of retaliation

Bahrain - No prohibition of retaliation

Belarus - No prohibition of retaliation

Benin - No prohibition of retaliation

Brazil - No prohibition of retaliation

Cambodia - No prohibition of retaliation

Cameroon - No prohibition of retaliation

Colombia - No prohibition of retaliation

Djibouti - No prohibition of retaliation

Dominican Republic - No prohibition of retaliation

Ecuador - No prohibition of retaliation

Egypt - No prohibition of retaliation

El Salvador - No prohibition of retaliation

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition of retaliation

Guatemala - No prohibition of retaliation

Guinea - No prohibition of retaliation

Haiti - No prohibition of retaliation

Honduras - No prohibition of retaliation

India - No prohibition of retaliation

Jamaica - No prohibition of retaliation

Jordan - No prohibition of retaliation

Republic of Korea - No prohibition of retaliation

Kuwait - No prohibition of retaliation

Kyrgyzstan - No prohibition of retaliation

Laos - No prohibition of retaliation

Lebanon - No prohibition of retaliation

Lesotho - No prohibition of retaliation

Madagascar - No prohibition of retaliation

Malaysia - No prohibition of retaliation

Mali - No prohibition of retaliation

Marshall Islands - No prohibition of retaliation

Mauritania - No prohibition of retaliation

Mexico - No prohibition of retaliation

Monaco - No prohibition of retaliation

Mongolia - No prohibition of retaliation

Mozambique - No prohibition of retaliation

Myanmar - No prohibition of retaliation

Nepal - No prohibition of retaliation

Nigeria - No prohibition of retaliation

Pakistan - No prohibition of retaliation

Palau - No prohibition of retaliation

Paraguay - No prohibition of retaliation

The Philippines - No prohibition of retaliation

Qatar - No prohibition of retaliation

Russian Federation - No prohibition of retaliation

Rwanda - No prohibition of retaliation

Samoa - No prohibition of retaliation

San Marino - No prohibition of retaliation

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition of retaliation

Seychelles - No prohibition of retaliation

Singapore - No prohibition of retaliation

Sri Lanka - No prohibition of retaliation

Thailand - No prohibition of retaliation

Togo - No prohibition of retaliation

Tunisia - No prohibition of retaliation

Turkmenistan - No prohibition of retaliation

Uruguay - No prohibition of retaliation

Uzbekistan - No prohibition of retaliation

Venezuela - No prohibition of retaliation

Vietnam - No prohibition of retaliation

Yemen - No prohibition of retaliation

Armenia - Only dismissal

Botswana - Only dismissal

Burkina Faso - Only dismissal

Burundi - Only dismissal

Central African Republic - Only dismissal

Republic of the Congo - Only dismissal

Indonesia - Only dismissal

Maldives - Only dismissal

Niger - Only dismissal

Peru - Only dismissal

South Sudan - Only dismissal

United Arab Emirates - Only dismissal

Zambia - Only dismissal

Belize - Harassment or disciplinary action

Kenya - Harassment or disciplinary action

Malawi - Harassment or disciplinary action

Morocco - Harassment or disciplinary action

Sao Tome and Principe - Harassment or disciplinary action

Senegal - Harassment or disciplinary action

Uganda - Harassment or disciplinary action

Albania - Any adverse action

Andorra - Any adverse action

Angola - Any adverse action

Australia - Any adverse action

Austria - Any adverse action

Bahamas - Any adverse action

Bangladesh - Any adverse action

Barbados - Any adverse action

Belgium - Any adverse action

Bolivia - Any adverse action

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Any adverse action

Bulgaria - Any adverse action

Canada - Any adverse action

Chile - Any adverse action

China - Any adverse action

Costa Rica - Any adverse action

Cote d'Ivoire - Any adverse action

Croatia - Any adverse action

Cuba - Any adverse action

Cyprus - Any adverse action

Czech Republic - Any adverse action

Denmark - Any adverse action

Estonia - Any adverse action

Ethiopia - Any adverse action

Fiji - Any adverse action

Finland - Any adverse action

France - Any adverse action

Gabon - Any adverse action

The Gambia - Any adverse action

Georgia - Any adverse action

Germany - Any adverse action

Ghana - Any adverse action

Greece - Any adverse action

Grenada - Any adverse action

Guinea-Bissau - Any adverse action

Guyana - Any adverse action

Hungary - Any adverse action

Iceland - Any adverse action

Ireland - Any adverse action

Israel - Any adverse action

Italy - Any adverse action

Japan - Any adverse action

Kazakhstan - Any adverse action

Kiribati - Any adverse action

Latvia - Any adverse action

Liberia - Any adverse action

Liechtenstein - Any adverse action

Lithuania - Any adverse action

Luxembourg - Any adverse action

North Macedonia - Any adverse action

Malta - Any adverse action

Mauritius - Any adverse action

Moldova - Any adverse action

Montenegro - Any adverse action

Namibia - Any adverse action

The Netherlands - Any adverse action

New Zealand - Any adverse action

Nicaragua - Any adverse action

Norway - Any adverse action

Panama - Any adverse action

Poland - Any adverse action

Portugal - Any adverse action

Romania - Any adverse action

Serbia - Any adverse action

Sierra Leone - Any adverse action

Slovakia - Any adverse action

Slovenia - Any adverse action

South Africa - Any adverse action

Spain - Any adverse action

St. Lucia - Any adverse action

Suriname - Any adverse action

Eswatini - Any adverse action

Sweden - Any adverse action

Tajikistan - Any adverse action

Tanzania - Any adverse action

Timor-Leste - Any adverse action

Trinidad and Tobago - Any adverse action

Türkiye - Any adverse action

Tuvalu - Any adverse action

Ukraine - Any adverse action

United Kingdom - Any adverse action

United States of America - Any adverse action

Zimbabwe - Any adverse action