WORLD Policy Analysis Center

What types of retaliation are prohibited for reporting workplace discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity?

The term “race/ethnicity” includes references to ‘color’, ‘clan’, ‘ethnic origin’, or ‘ethnic groups’. For the purposes of this variable, the term “race/ethnicity” captures all of these definitions.

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

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

Countries

Afghanistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Bangladesh - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Brunei - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Chad - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Republic of the Congo - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Greenland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

India - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Jamaica - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Japan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Jordan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Republic of Korea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Kuwait - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Laos - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Lebanon - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Liechtenstein - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Malaysia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Marshall Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Micronesia, Federated States of - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Monaco - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Myanmar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Nauru - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Nigeria - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Oman - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Pakistan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Palau - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Papua New Guinea - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

The Philippines - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Qatar - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

San Marino - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Saudi Arabia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Sierra Leone - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Singapore - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Solomon Islands - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Sri Lanka - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Sudan - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Switzerland - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Thailand - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Tonga - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Tunisia - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

United Arab Emirates - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Uruguay - No explicit prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ ethnicity

Algeria - No prohibition of retaliation

Angola - No prohibition of retaliation

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition of retaliation

Argentina - No prohibition of retaliation

Azerbaijan - 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

Cabo Verde - No prohibition of retaliation

Cuba - No prohibition of retaliation

Dominican Republic - No prohibition of retaliation

Ecuador - No prohibition of retaliation

El Salvador - No prohibition of retaliation

Guinea - No prohibition of retaliation

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition of retaliation

Haiti - No prohibition of retaliation

Iran - No prohibition of retaliation

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition of retaliation

Kyrgyzstan - No prohibition of retaliation

Madagascar - No prohibition of retaliation

Mali - No prohibition of retaliation

Mauritania - No prohibition of retaliation

Mexico - No prohibition of retaliation

Mongolia - No prohibition of retaliation

Mozambique - No prohibition of retaliation

Nepal - No prohibition of retaliation

Paraguay - No prohibition of retaliation

Russian Federation - No prohibition of retaliation

Rwanda - No prohibition of retaliation

Samoa - No prohibition of retaliation

Senegal - No prohibition of retaliation

Seychelles - No prohibition of retaliation

Somalia - No prohibition of retaliation

Tajikistan - No prohibition of retaliation

Togo - No prohibition of retaliation

Turkmenistan - No prohibition of retaliation

Uzbekistan - No prohibition of retaliation

Vanuatu - 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

Burundi - Only dismissal

Central African Republic - Only dismissal

Colombia - Only dismissal

Comoros - Only dismissal

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Only dismissal

Dominica - Only dismissal

Egypt - Only dismissal

Eritrea - Only dismissal

Ghana - Only dismissal

Indonesia - Only dismissal

Iraq - Only dismissal

Lesotho - Only dismissal

Libya - Only dismissal

Maldives - Only dismissal

Niger - Only dismissal

Peru - Only dismissal

South Sudan - Only dismissal

St. Kitts and Nevis - Only dismissal

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Only dismissal

Suriname - Only dismissal

Syria - Only dismissal

Yemen - Only dismissal

Zambia - Only dismissal

Belize - Harassment or disciplinary action

Djibouti - 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

Albania - Any adverse action

Andorra - 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

Cote d'Ivoire - Any adverse action

Croatia - Any adverse action

Cyprus - Any adverse action

Czech Republic - Any adverse action

Denmark - Any adverse action

Equatorial Guinea - 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

Greece - Any adverse action

Grenada - Any adverse action

Guatemala - Any adverse action

Guyana - Any adverse action

Honduras - Any adverse action

Hungary - Any adverse action

Iceland - Any adverse action

Ireland - Any adverse action

Israel - Any adverse action

Italy - Any adverse action

Kazakhstan - Any adverse action

Kiribati - Any adverse action

Latvia - Any adverse action

Liberia - 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

Slovakia - Any adverse action

Slovenia - Any adverse action

South Africa - Any adverse action

Spain - Any adverse action

St. Lucia - Any adverse action

Eswatini - Any adverse action

Sweden - 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

Uganda - Any adverse action

Ukraine - Any adverse action

United Kingdom - Any adverse action

United States of America - Any adverse action

Zimbabwe - Any adverse action