WORLD Policy Analysis Center

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

The term “marital status” includes references to ‘civil status’, ‘married’, ‘relationship status’, ‘personal status,” or whether employees have a husband or wife.

No prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status indicates that legislation does not specifically prohibit marital status-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 marital status-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 marital status-based workplace discrimination, but legislation only guarantees that workers cannot be dismissed for reporting marital status-based discrimination.

Harassment or disciplinary action means that legislation prohibits marital status-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 marital status-based workplace discrimination and guarantees that workers are protected from all forms of adverse action for reporting it.

Countries

Andorra - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Antigua and Barbuda - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Bangladesh - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Belarus - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Benin - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Brunei - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Burundi - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cambodia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cameroon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cabo Verde - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Central African Republic - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Chad - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Colombia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

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

Cote d'Ivoire - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Cuba - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Djibouti - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Dominican Republic - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Egypt - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Equatorial Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Estonia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Finland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

France - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Gabon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Germany - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Ghana - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Greenland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Guinea-Bissau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Hungary - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Iceland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

India - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Iran - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Iraq - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Jamaica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Jordan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Kazakhstan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

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

Latvia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Lebanon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Libya - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Madagascar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Malaysia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Mali - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Mauritania - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

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

Moldova - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Monaco - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Myanmar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Nauru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Nepal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Nigeria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Norway - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Oman - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Pakistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Palau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Panama - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

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

Paraguay - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Poland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Russian Federation - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Rwanda - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

San Marino - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Saudi Arabia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Senegal - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Seychelles - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Singapore - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Solomon Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Somalia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Sri Lanka - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Sudan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Sweden - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Thailand - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Togo - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Tonga - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Turkmenistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

United Arab Emirates - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Vanuatu - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Yemen - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Zimbabwe - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status

Algeria - No prohibition of retaliation

Angola - No prohibition of retaliation

Argentina - No prohibition of retaliation

Azerbaijan - No prohibition of retaliation

Brazil - No prohibition of retaliation

Czech Republic - No prohibition of retaliation

Ecuador - No prohibition of retaliation

El Salvador - No prohibition of retaliation

Fiji - No prohibition of retaliation

The Gambia - No prohibition of retaliation

Haiti - No prohibition of retaliation

Honduras - No prohibition of retaliation

Republic of Korea - No prohibition of retaliation

Marshall Islands - No prohibition of retaliation

Mexico - No prohibition of retaliation

Mongolia - No prohibition of retaliation

Mozambique - No prohibition of retaliation

Peru - No prohibition of retaliation

Qatar - No prohibition of retaliation

Samoa - No prohibition of retaliation

Tajikistan - No prohibition of retaliation

Tunisia - No prohibition of retaliation

Uruguay - No prohibition of retaliation

Uzbekistan - No prohibition of retaliation

Venezuela - No prohibition of retaliation

Vietnam - No prohibition of retaliation

Armenia - Only dismissal

Bahrain - Only dismissal

Botswana - Only dismissal

Burkina Faso - Only dismissal

Comoros - Only dismissal

Republic of the Congo - Only dismissal

Dominica - Only dismissal

Eritrea - Only dismissal

Indonesia - Only dismissal

Kuwait - Only dismissal

Laos - Only dismissal

Lesotho - Only dismissal

Niger - Only dismissal

South Sudan - Only dismissal

St. Kitts and Nevis - Only dismissal

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Only dismissal

Switzerland - Only dismissal

Syria - Only dismissal

Zambia - Only dismissal

Belize - Harassment or disciplinary action

Kenya - Harassment or disciplinary action

Kyrgyzstan - Harassment or disciplinary action

Malawi - Harassment or disciplinary action

Morocco - Harassment or disciplinary action

Sao Tome and Principe - Harassment or disciplinary action

Slovenia - Harassment or disciplinary action

Uganda - Harassment or disciplinary action

Albania - Any adverse action

Australia - Any adverse action

Austria - Any adverse action

Bahamas - Any adverse action

Barbados - Any adverse action

Belgium - Any adverse action

Bhutan - 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

Croatia - Any adverse action

Cyprus - Any adverse action

Denmark - Any adverse action

Ethiopia - Any adverse action

Georgia - Any adverse action

Greece - Any adverse action

Grenada - Any adverse action

Guatemala - Any adverse action

Guyana - Any adverse action

Ireland - Any adverse action

Israel - Any adverse action

Italy - Any adverse action

Japan - Any adverse action

Kiribati - Any adverse action

Liberia - Any adverse action

Liechtenstein - Any adverse action

Lithuania - Any adverse action

Luxembourg - Any adverse action

North Macedonia - Any adverse action

Maldives - Any adverse action

Malta - Any adverse action

Mauritius - 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

The Philippines - Any adverse action

Portugal - Any adverse action

Romania - Any adverse action

Serbia - Any adverse action

Sierra Leone - Any adverse action

Slovakia - 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

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