Two third of Indian workers discriminated
The survery sought the view of approximately 70,000 jobseekers in 28 countries.
By PTI |
BANGALORE: Almost two in every three Indian workers believe they have been discriminated against when applying for a job, a new international workplace survey done by Kelly Services, a global staffing provider, has found.
The survery found that 64 per cent of respondents in India say they have experienced prejudice of some type when applying for a job in the last five years.
The Kelly Global Workforce Index sought the view of approximately 70,000 jobseekers in 28 countries including almost 2,000 in India, a Kelly Services statement said.
Discrimination in India is relatively high by global standards, with India ranking fifth on the list of 28 countries. Sweden, Thailand and Singapore ranked highest in the worldwide study, while Hong Kong, followed by Indonesia, were the lowest amongst the eight countries surveyed in the Asia-Pacific region, it said.
Age was the major source of prejudice, identified by the respondents in India, cited by 16 per cent,followed by 13 per cent for gender and three per cent for disability. Approximately 18 per cent of women and 12 per cent of men reported gender discrimination when applying for work.
Age-based discrimination is, however, more prevalent across the global study with only a handful of countries having less than 15 per cent of respondents experiencing this as one of the major sources of discrimination.
These include France (13 per cent), Denmark (12 per cent) and Sweden (11 per cent) and of the Asia-Pacific countries, Malaysia with 14 per cent and seven per cent in Indonesia.
In India, almost 35 per cent of workers aged 45 or older felt they had been discriminated against on the basis of their age, while 16 per cent of younger workers aged between 25 and 44 also believed that they were denied job opportunities because of their age, according to the survey.
The survey also found that people without university qualifications reported higher rates of discrimination when applying for a job. This highlights that qualifications remain an important criteria of selection for employees across India.
It revealed that only a tiny fraction of those who felt discriminated against actually took the matter further and most were unhappy with the outcome.
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