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20/10/2009
Race discrimination 'still present in employment' |
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Racial discrimination is still present in private sector recruitment, it has been stated.
A study by the Department for Work and Pensions found that, on average, it took nine applications from a white person to get a "positive response", compared to 16 for somebody from an ethnic minority group.
This was established by responding to each of 987 advertised posts with three different applications from people who were equally skilled, but with some names indicating that the candidate was from an ethnic minority.
Commenting on the figures, national campaign director of Race for Opportunity Sandra Kerr said there is a "persistent and unexplained gap in the employment rate between the ethnic minority population and the population of Great Britain," which stands at 13.8 per cent.
Those living in the capital who feel they may have been illegally discriminated against in recruitment or their current job may wish to speak to employment lawyers in London.
Other areas of workplace discrimination include the lack of equal pay.
Earlier this month trade union Unison accused local authorities of spending millions of pounds fighting legal cases against such claims.
Written by Laurence Smith
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