Black employees with long-term health conditions lack sufficient support in the workplace, says report

 
  • Written by Leah Mahon
  • Published on 2nd June 2021
Inequalities that black people experience have been exacerbated by the pandemic the report said (Picture: Getty Images)
 
  • Black employees with long-term health conditions (LTCS) are not being provided with adequate support in comparison to other ethnic groups, a report has found.
  • Research from Black Thrive Lambeth’s Employment Project explores evidence that “systematic discrimination” prevents black people from securing quality employment opportunities.
  • Black people with LTCs face “double discrimination” as inequalities have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic with barriers arising in “structural racism and ableism, and their intersections.”
  • In addition, the report unearthed statistics that show “twice as many young Black graduates compared to their White counterparts were unemployed one year after graduation; and Black workers are twice as likely to have zero-hour contracts than White workers”.
 

Categories

PHP Code Snippets Powered By : XYZScripts.com