Employees over 40 are most often discriminated against in the workplace: MOM Survey - The Independent News

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According to the latest poll by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), incidents of discrimination against employees in the workplace dropped significantly last year compared to 2018. The report also shows that in workplace discrimination, the most people are discriminated because of their age, most of whom are over 40 years old, followed by being discriminated …

According to the latest poll by the Ministry of Manpower , incidents of discrimination against employees in the workplace dropped significantly last year compared to 2018. The report also shows that in workplace discrimination, the most people are discriminated because of their age, most of whom are over 40 years old, followed by being discriminated against because of pregnancy.

The Ministry of Manpower also said in the report that there will be fewer incidents of workplace discrimination in 2021 than in 2018, reflecting the efforts of the Ministry of Manpower and the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices to correct stereotypes and promote fair employment. Code of effort.

Second, in the case of discrimination, 3.7% of employees said they were discriminated against because of pregnancy. Personal mental health was the third most common cause of discrimination, with 3.2% of employees reporting that they were discriminated against. Age discrimination tops the list, as in 2018, among job seeker discrimination incidents. Among the discrimination incidents of job seekers participating in the survey in 2021, 18.9% said they were discriminated against by age; secondly, 6.9% of job seekers said they were discriminated against because they were mothers. Racial discrimination came in third, with 6.3% of people saying they were discriminated against when applying for jobs because of their race.

 

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