Discrimination at work on the up
Latest figures from watchdog La Halde claim more than one in four employees suffer discrimination in the workplace
MORE than one employee in four in the private sector claims to have been a victim of discrimination, according to latest figures from anti-discrimination body La Halde.
Some 28% of private sector workers claim to have been a victim of discrimination, against 22% of workers in the public sector, according to a survey carried out in March by La Halde and the Organisation Internationale du Travail (OIT).
In January 2008, 25% of workers in the private sector claimed they felt they were victims of discrimination.
Age is the main cause of discrimination for 38% of public sector workers (32% in the private sector), ahead of unionist or political beliefs (33% in the public sector, 25% in the private) and physical appearance (30% in both the public and private sector).
Ethnic origins accounted for 35% in the private sector and 26% in the public sector. Discrimination due to a disability totalled 14% in the private sector and 17% in the public sector.
President of La Halde Louis Schweitzer will present the authority’s fourth annual report to President Sarkozy at 17.00 today, a day early than planned.
